last night, during a packed board meeting, many expressed outrage. >> i support the demand of the five board members that the chair and vice chair resign. i take it one step further. the ceo also need to resign. >> we need an investigation on what occurred. the board voted last night to give up the federal grant that was terminated and announced the county will fund and continue to provide services for the nearly 1,000 students in the head start program. montgomery county students head back to class on sunday and today we'll learn more about a new program that aims to keep them safe on their way to and from school. cameras are going to be installed on school buses. it's a $125 fine

caught going by a camera. all the buses will have cameras within the next three years. 4:31 right now. 4 things to know about the forecast. >> good morning, erika and everybody. friday is finally here. looking northbound here from our tower up wisconsin avenue, not much of an issue outside early this morning. the 4 things you need to know about the forecast, oh, the humidity, it is back in a big way. we will up close to a record high temperature this afternoon. today's record high at national airport is 97 degrees. i'm forecasting 95. so it is going to be a hot one for sure and this new heat wave that really gets in place today, this is going to stick around for a while and coming up at 51 past the hour, keep a close eye on that tropical wave. we'll let you know whether it looks like it will become a tropical storm in the next couple of hours. taking a look right now at the top of th

of town are looking quite good here. you can also see as we look at prince george's county here this morning, everything is nice and green. we really don't have any big worries there along any of those routes into town or out of town. sounds like this one has just cleared out of the way. initially they were saying it could take a couple of hours to get out of the way. sounds like it just got out of the way. 66 is looking good. 8 minutes from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. metro safe track work moves to the end of the blue and yellow lines in virginia starting tomorrow. over the weekend, there will be no rail service between franconia-springfield and van dorn street. buses will replace trains on saturday and sunday. during the week, trains will single track between those two stations. new details this morning in search for a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run nar

circle. these are surveillance photos of the car they are looking for. it hit a man last friday at 42:40 in the morning. the car may have a yellow rear license plate. donations are pouring in for the victims of the silver spring apartment explosion. the montgomery county housing partnership is working to distribute that money. seven people died and 30 were injured after a natural gas explosion at the flower branch apartments. new information about a deadly plane crash in fredericksburg, the ntsb put out its preliminary rport overnight, six people died when the plane crashed just beyond the runway at shannon airport a few weeks ago. surveillance shows it briefly touching down and bounced several time. in the

plane was coming in high and fast before landing in the trees. it could be months before the ntsb puts out a final report including a cause. police in mississippi are trying to figure out why someone would kill two nuns. they were found dead inside their home yesterday. somebody called when they didn't show up for work. both of them help the poor in mississippi and were nurse practitioners. police said a car was missing from their home. the local archdiocese says the nuns were killed. you may see extra police patrols on your morning jog in loudoun county. leaseburg police are looking for this man. an

confronted by a man with a box cutter. >> a little personal mases that you would buy as a hunter we have them on our key chain. >> i've got three daughters. >> police do not believe they are not connected. if you go alone, don't turn your head phones loud. a bowie man will be in court next month after pleading not guilty to jumping over a barrier at the white house. the police report says secret service stopped and questioned ryan cain while he was walking along pennsylvania avenue wednesday morning and not long after that, the 22-year-old returned and breached the secure barrier. cain went to investigators to collect his money

his name on the radio. 4:26 your time now. the battle between donald trump and hillary clinton over the minority vote heats up in decision 2016. in an interview with anderson cooper, trump called clinton a bigot. he said she hasn't done anything to help african-americans or hispanics. meanwhile, clinton accused him of peddling a constant stream of hey dread. >> they are policies are biggoted because she knows they don't work. >> from the start, donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. tracy potts tells us about the new questions being asked about trump's immigration plan and trump's running mate is in virginia this weekend. governor mike pence is going to be in purcellville

them. you remember khan? maine's republican governor, paula page says khan used his son's death to his own advantage. in january, he accused drug dealers of coming to maine to impregnate white girls. today, we will work to find out whether ryan lochte will defend himself against a criminal summons in brazil. brazilian police are recommending charges against the american swimmer. prosecutors are expected to charge him with filing a false robbery report. he admitted it was not true. if he chooses not to appear before a brazilian judge, the case will proceed without

for the washington redskins. they are playing the buffalo bills in new york. here you are looking at yesterday's practice at joint base andrews. the final preseason game will be next week against the tampa bay buccaneers at fedex field. it is quickly warming up and the heat and humidity are really cranking back in here. chuck is tracking how you can plan your outdoor activities dar -- day for and for the weekend. now seval cases linker the roast looks good dad. how good? 162 likes. did i get any retweets on those green beans? yep! and they're blowing up on instagram. honey, your rump roast just broke the internet!!!! as it should. life is family mealtime and everything you need to make it picture perfect. now be sure to tag your mother because she needs more followers. ok.

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honey, your rump roast just broke the internet!!!! as it should. life is family mealtime and everything you need to make it picture perfect. now be sure to tag your mother because she needs more followers. ok. 4. . 41 your time right now. already heating up outside. >> chuck, how are we looking for the rest of the day? >> well, let's just say that it's not going to be a ples abbott day -- pleasant day to sit outside and enjoy the weather. still 79 in arlington. 78 at mt. vernon. 75 in leesburg. a very highland and humid start for the day. temperatures in the mid 90s. heat index as high as 105. beat the heat, shenandoah national park, 87 today. noticeably cooler offer -- over the weekend. if you are a beach person, today it will be hot and humid, both days saturday and sunday over

sitting out there on the sand and enjoying it. i'll give you our ten-day forecast here at homecoming up in ten minutes. if you are headed to the beach right now, across the bay bridge, you are fine. it's totally clear. beltway, looking pretty good. we have something going on outer loop near route 7. i don't see anything in my system. perhaps a little bit of road work. we'll check into that. 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, still have a little bit of a situation hanging around here southbound there, kind of in the lady smith area, near 639. more information coming up. a smoothie link to a hepatitis a outbreak is facing lawsuits. >> they are all connected to virginia tropical smoothie cafes. ten cases are in northern virginia. the infection is

caused by frozen strawberries from egypt. one man who was infected is suing for sds 100,000. a last action lawsuit was also filed yesterday. the chain's ceo has issued an apology. there are more than 40 locations in our area. new attacks from both presidential candidates. how hillary clinton and donald trump are shaping their campaigns to try to score key battleground states. crooks breaking into homes, stealing jewelry, the danger and

trump is reinforcing

stereotypes, and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. it's a disturbing preview of what kind of president he would be. after days of battling criticism of the clinton foundation, hillary clinton is now shifting the focus back to donald trump. she's calling out what she says is his embrace of the alt-right movement. meanwhile, trump is catching heat for what some is calling a flip-flop on immigration. tracie potts joins us from capitol hill. >> let's talk about what alt right means, alternative right movement. people who are very conservative but an alternative to the typical republican party and these are the people she argues donald trump's campaign is not only attracting with their message and some of the people that he's hired but also empowering. we're talking about what s

describes as dangerous hate groups, white supremacist groups who are attracted to that message and that's now her message that trump's campaign is dangerous because those are the people who are following him. >> what does this so-called flip-flop mean for trump supporters? will they dwindle? >> while he came into this talking about building a wall, which he still talks about, he's softening stance on immigration. undocumented people in this country, 11 million people he initially said he wanted to deport. he wants to start with the most dangerous criminals and work with the other people who are law-abiding residents here. >> tracie spots on the hill for us. it turns out jumping the white house fence is not free speech. that's according to a d.c. judge. the

dismiss the case. joseph caputo jumped the fence. a milwaukee man will be laid to rest. reverend jesse jackson will be delivering the eulogy of sylville smith. there is body cam of the shooting but it's not released until the investigation is complete. thieves are targeting homes in silver spring. there have been seven burglaries in the last two months. homeowners have lost rings, diamonds, family heirlooms, and are absolutely mad. >> oh, i was angry. the moment i walked in and i looked and i cod

awry in different places. >> detectives have collected evidence and are working some leads. they are warning homeowners to keep their windows and doors locked. >> montgomery county police are also trying to track down a credit card thief. detectives are looking for this man. 31-year-old dwayne keymist of d.c. they say he's been stealing credit cards from cars. this surveillance photo was taken at a target in gaithersburg after he allegedly used a stolen card. call investigators if you know anything. entity database database. ntsb will be investigating a plane that clipped a tree and

if you and your child needs a life saving epipen, uct get a discount. the $600 price tag is staying. after days of intense backlash, ceo heather brash defended it. >> the reality is and the brand pharmaceutical market. this isn't an epipen issue, this isn't a mylan issue, this is a health care issue. >> actress sarah jessica parker is cutting ties with epi. 18 medals all won by people tied at the station. the nationals are doing their best to honor as many as they can.

>> that's wrestling gold medalist helen ma ruls being honored before last night's game. she's from rockville and pitcher gio gonzalez gave her a baseball autographed by the entire team. >> she went to high school here and this is home. there was a photo of her holding -- carrying one of the presidents. like she pick him up and she's got to be 5' 3", somewhere there. >> actual president. >> at the mets game. she's very strong. the only way teddy is going to win that race is if she carries him around the park. she is tough and super sweet. she was here the other day and such a nice, nice young lady. loved her. >> not loving the weather. >> if she was still here,

because of the weather. this is a humid day. this is not going to change much. right now, it is a muggy start to the day. a lot of cloud cover outside early this morning. low clouds. these aren't going to last long. once we get the sun up which comes up after 6:30 this morning. things will quiet down just a bit. nothing in our fair area just yet. a couple of sprinkles across northern delaware. you can see clouds during the overnight hours. a little bit of light rain across southern pennsylvania. that's moving away from us. there's a little boundary or two. as far as the tropics are concerns, keeping a close eye, this area of disturbed weather, not showing any great amount of organization to it. that's the good news. the bad news is continues to

the waters here through the bahamas, water temperatures are near 90 degrees. it may take a few more days to organize. around here, hot and humid today. heat indexes up near 105 this afternoon. not much of anything in the way of a chance for rain. that's our high resolution model. perhaps a little lone some shower or two around fredericksburg. 95 and steamy today. low 90s over both days this weekend. not quite as humid but still plenty hot and in fact this little heat wave that's really getting under way now could last all the way through next week. next best chance for rain here is wednesday and thursday. we'll have the nationals forecast for tonight and it's football night on a friday night in the nation's capitol. that forecast coming up too.

melissa more -- mollet, good friday morning to you. >> 95 south at 639, ladysmith as you are headed out of fredericksburg, southbound for some reason, warning only one lane getting by this area and it is still going to be there for a couple of hours. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, everything looking good here. have a couple of items of construction here and there, but as you can see nowhere being affected by any big amount of road work. 270 southbound from 70 down to the spur, 26 minutes is what it's going to take you this morning if you are headed northbound on 270. it's looking good and nice and green. prince george's county, rolling along nicely. she says she did what she had to do to protect her neighbor. the invader she spotted in the sky that had to come down. a new

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. live music topped off a day of celebrating 100 years of the national park service, the centennial celebration was one of many held across the country. more than 1,000 people came together from the services to form the service's logo

all 412 national parks have free admission this weekend. we've listed other events on nbc washington.com. today, president obama will expand a national monument off the coast of hawaii. the white house says today's proclamation will create the world's largest marine-protected area. the monument will be more than 582,000 square miles. that is more than twice the size of texas. more than 7,000 species who live there will be protected. commercial fishing and new mining around allowed in national parks. this weekend you can get a preview of the new smithsonian of national museum of african-american history and culture. barbara harrison has your all access pass. tune in to see a tour of the exhibits,

11:30 right here on nbc4. a giant space craft is coming back to earth today. the spacex capsule is going to come toward the pacific ocean less than an hour from now. it brought about 5,000 worth of supplies to the station last month. it's returning of 3,000 pounds of nasa science. the fight against zika is heading to capitol hill. rick scott will directly lobby congress to fight the virus. over 400 cases were reported in florida. do your neighbors have your back? a virginia woman says she went out of the way to protect the privacy of her famous neighbor. she lives near robert

fauquier county home. she fired two shots at the drone. right now at 5:00 a.m., 900 aftershocks as search teams dig through rubble in central italy. the death toll continues to rise. i'm aaron gil christ. >> i'm erika gonzalez. >> meteorologist chuck bell has a look at what's ahead for us. >> i wish we could get the weather and the weeks a little bit more in sync all that beautiful humidity would have been far more useable on the weekend. outside this morning, a little bit of cloudiness around but no rain to get your day started. i think we're going to be dry today from a