posted half a dozen interview and recruitment events and we've attended more than 25 recruitment events outside of the district. >> dr. williams says he has a hiring advantage over some other school districts in the area because loudon county has the highest starting salary for teachers in northern virginia. today, it's also back to school for kids in virginia's second largest school district. prince william county welcomes back 88,000 students, among them 19,000 second language lerner's. to help, there's a website that posts 100 translations of new documents. dave culver has more on that this morning. don't forget to snap a photo of your child before they head out the door. we want to see them as well. use the #first day

about the new school year. prince george's county, the start comes after the program lost millions in federal funding amid allegations of abuse and neglect. the county's head start program will continue with improved oversight. 4 things we need to know about the weather. >> chuck bell is in the weather center. >> it's going to be a pretty nice day. back to school almost always seems to be a blazing hot time of the year. the heat goes on around here at least today, tomorrow, maybe on into wednesday, all look to be 90 degrees or warmer. ahead of some mid week rain chances. most likely, i think it's going to be wednesday night into thursday going to be your best chance for some showers. that's ahead of a cool change that arrives in time for labor day weekend, and we're going to keep a v

tropics. tropical depression is moving through the florida straits and will be in the gulf of mexico and may become tropical storm hermine before this all wraps up. 270 at montrose road, northbound, southbound, all moving along. gallows road, express lanes are blocked. 66 and 95, no worries, inbound or outbound. everything nice and green. it's 4:32 right now. developing this morning, police are asking for your help for information on a hit-and-run in reston.

night. one person we spoke to described why this accident has him concerned. >> that's a concern. i'm here every day. the people walk around the lake, they are always crossing the street right here to go down to the lake. >> the type of car was not released. it was a newer nissan altima with tinted windows and black trim. he's now missing for days. alexis rivera is 12 years old. he's 4 feet tall and weighs 60 pounds. he has a scar on his left hand. if you see alexis, please call prince george's county police. a warning for metro riders this morning. safe track surge 8 is under way right now. it could cause extreme crowding on the yellow and blue lines in

every 12 to 24 months. there will be no rush plus service on the yellow lines. no additional trains into downtown during peak periods. the work should wrap up on september 11th. more than 100 first responders and volunteers took part in a drill practicing a simulated derailment. around 7:00 last night, the secret service questioning a man after he was taken into custody. police did not say what exactly the object was, but they did say it was not hazardous. that's good news. officials have not released the man's name or anything else about him. happening today, a funeral mass will be held for sister

margaret held and another sister. the motive for the killings remains unclear. new drone rules go into effect today. the rules will be detailed at a news conference later this morning. some of the regulations include a weight limit of 55 pounds and a time restriction flying in daylight only. the unmanned aircraft must also stay within the pilot's visual line of sight. developing right now, an attack at a crime lab in belgium. at first people thought that might have been terrorism but authorities are saying it was not and it was probably a criminal act. reports came in of a bomb outside of this crime lab, but now prosecutors there in belgium are saying that they believe

try to get rid of some evidence in one of their many cases. it's a laboratory used to analyze dna samples found at crime scenes and, of course, belgium has been on very high alert since that attack at the airport and subway system there back in march. back to you. all right, kristin. thank you. not in vein, the changes coming to an area road where three members of the same family lost their lives. new details about the outage in d.c. this week. why it went down. it's never too early to start thinking about dinner. whether you can expect to eat on the deck tonight when we check

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take a look at this amazing rescue caught on camera here. an officer pulls a man off the new jersey subway attacks with barely a second to spare. look at this. >> the hero is transit police officer victor ortiz. he puts his life on the line to pull the man to safety even though he resisted. it's unclear how the man got on the tracks. the transit system says they couldn't be more proud of ortiz and the entire department. that's incredible. >> literally a second to get him off the tracks. okay, what time is it? time for the weather. >> chuck bell

at the numbers for us. >> a quiet enough start for the day. 78 degrees now in parts of montgomery county. highs today in the upper 80s, and low 90s. 87 in gaithersburg, not bad weather for your morning run if you are eating dinner out tonight, it will be warm and dry. probably still best recommended for a place with air kogs -- conditioning. there will be a tropical system we'll be keeping a close eye on for later on the week. rough surf at the coastline. we have give you the full ten-day forecast coming up in ten minutes. slow spots at the top of the inner loop, georgetown, right line i

out of the way quite soon. outer loop express lanes blocked after gallows. no big worries there. live look at 95 in maryland coming up. at first glance, it looks like any ordinary exercise class, but that's not the case. how these local men and women worked out and helped out at the same time. it's a story that has a lot of you talking, an nfl quarterback refusing to stand for the national anthem. how the protest is playing a role in politics. no matter w, the impact minority voters could have on the geralen

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new information just in on a deadly suicide attack in yemen that killed troops that were there trying to register to join a fight against some anti-government rebels. we know now that 60 people were killed. it was a car bomb that went off in the city of aden. at first reports it was 25 people. now it has more than doubled. isis claiming responsibility right now, aaron. san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick vowing to sit during the national anthem for football

clinton and donald trump when speaking to the media yesterday. this comes as both candidates have been making a big play for the support of minority voters. tracie potts joins us live on capital hill now. how is the trump campaign going to continue its pitch to minority voters this week? >> he has scheduled a first-ever campaign event in a predominantly african-american community. it's happening, a q-and-a session at a african-american church. he's been highly criticized for going after the black votes when he hasn't had any events in the black community. this will be a first. hillary clinton has a big lead among minority voters. >> they are saying it's disingenuous that he didn't reach out until the last minute

of the vote, where he has right now, according to our latest poll about 1%. trump's response to that is democrats have had decades to do more for minority communities. african-american and otherwise, and they haven't -- sur ban areas cities proved that. people who are african-american, latinos, others should take a look at republicans. loved ones of a montgomery county woman killed in her own home have said their final good-byes. a memorial service was held for linda johnston yesterday. she was found wrapped in a sheet inside her wheaton home earlier this month. sadler is charged in her death. he confessed to killing her. he's linked to johnston's former tenant. take a look at this sketch if you can. pe

gunman of garcia. the coworkers are now trying to raise money for his funeral expenses. >> it's a very bad tragedy what happen. leaving a wife behind and with children, you know. sad thing for anybody. >> here's another look at that sketch. a $25,000 reward is available for information leading to an arrest. some safety improvements are under way after a horrific crash on river road last november. three members of the same family were killed by a speeding driver along river road at pile road in bethesda. maryland highway administration crews are adding turn signals, turn restrictions, i should say, and traffic-activated flashers. some people had hoped for a traffic signal. the speeding driver has pleaded guilty to three counts of

he will be sentenced in november. ♪ ♪ dozens of people took part of a zum ba-thon. it went on for two hours at washington add convenient advertise university. 15 zum ba instructors donated their time there. officials say a gas leak caused that explosion. d.c.'s 911 is working normally this morning. it was down for nearly two hours. 911 call takers rush to the backup center in northwest but there were still problems rerouting some of those incoming calls. the call center sent out tweets for ten-digital numbers for fire and police. call volume may have been higher than normal. >> those numbers would be because we received repetitive

people calling 911, they are getting nothing or a busy signal and turn around and call back. >> the outage is believe to be power-related. here's what you should do in an emergency if you call 911 and it doesn't go through. memorize the number of your local police and fire station. you should follow police and fire departments on social media like twitter. some counties allow you to text 911. today marks the 11th anniversary of hurricane katrina's destruction across new orleans. it slammed the gulf coast back in 2005. the storm surge overwhelmed the city's levee system. 70% of the city's homes were damaged or destroyed. dramatic wind and up to 5 inches of rain swamped the

along with the rain, the storm brought high winds, even hail to the area on sun. the national weather service declared a flash flood emergency for cincinnati. and we're talking about the weather. it seems like we've been this broken record. another hot and humid day, another hot and humid day. >> chuck, another hot and humid day? >> yes, but not quite as humid. you may not have appreciated the difference but dew points, have been down in the upper 60s as opposed to the mid 70s. so a couple of weeks ago, when we had that 115 heat index, that was a 78 degree dew point, that's the reason we had that crazy high heat index. though the heat continues, the humidity has eased just a little bit. we'll take every little bit of progress that we can get around here. temperatures remain well above average. in fact, so much so, our fourth heat wave here well under way. we're at day four of it right now. august is 4.5 degrees

than average, and now in a tie for first place for the warmest august on record here in washington. number one is august of 1980, and we're tied with that now for warmest august. right now, not much in the way of fog in the metro area. there are pockets of fog out here in culpeper and rappahannock. temperatures because the air is a little bit drier, most suburbs get down into the 60s in these early morning hours. temperatures will be back in the mid 80s by lunchtime and most neighborhoods will be right around 90 degrees for a high. 93 for downtown. not too terribly humid, courtesy of a north breeze averaging 5 to 10 miles per hour. keep a close eye on the tropics. tropical depression number 9. same way one we've been watching for weeks and weeks and weeks. if it takes on a

be named hermine and by thursday it's expecting to take an aim back toward the northern coast of florida, north of tampa bay. we'll be watching that for the next days. ten-day forecast, 90 or better, today, tomorrow, or wednesday. little chance for shower late wednesday. best chance for rain is thursday. that is the leading edge of september which will bring temperatures back down into the 80s. see you back here in a few more minutes for a check on highs in your hometown. let's find out how traffic is moving along. outer loop express lane still reported as blocked there just after gallows road. clean-up is still under way. the main lanes have reopened. it's just the express lanes right now. prince george's county, nice and green here. no worries there. taking a look at 95 northbound and southbound, skaggsville road, moving along just fine here. taking a look at the

through there, bw paway, root one -- route 1 and 21, moving along just fine. we'll look at 270 coming up. there are a lot of signs people show when they are depressed but can you spot them on instagram? what some people may reveal without realizing it. startling new details about two pilots arr the roesast 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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for the first time all summer, a lot of you are getting ready to wake the kids up for school. kids will head back to class today across our area. there's a lot you need to know before you send them out the door. >> including the weather. what they can expect as they head to the bus stop this morning. more than 140 airline passengers have a frustrating story this morning. a ten-hour delay after the entire crew on their plane was replaced. the pilots were arrested and accused of drinking on the job. united said the whole thing is under investigation right now. the pilots have been removed from their duties. >> this is one of the areas where pilots and all flight crew members have a virtual zero intolerance for a reason. >> earlier this

american airlines pilot was arrested after failing a breath lieser test. last year, a jetblue pilot allegedly flew to new york. a deadly bus crash in louisiana, police say the driver has no drivers license. he hit a fire truck. the fire chief on that truck and another person on a car were killed. more than 40 people were hurt in all and police say workers on the bus were going to baton rouge to help with flood relief. six nasa crew members have completed a year long mission living in hawaii. they were researching what it would be like for astronauts to live on mars. you are probably confused. they spent the year inside this biodome which is on the site of this volcano. it was the

to understand the effects of the mission. researchers studied the instagram accounts of 166 people, many of them already diagnosed clinically as depressed. they used computer models. depressed people had fewer group posts. and the messages were more somber. >> people in the medical field will use these types of instruments to try and complement the more traditional techniques they use to diagnose patients. >> researchers say there is even more reason now for more studies using social media as a health screening tool. big congratulations are in order for capitals star alex

he tied the knot with his fiancee. the russian message says happiness. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun yang. hope you are off to a great monday. oh, a lot of kids, i don't know if they are happy or sad waking up this morning. >> time to go back to school. chuck bell will let you know what the weather is going to be like as we get into this first day for many. >> that's right. bye kids. i won't be seeing you at the mall. weather headlines for you this morning, mild and dry, not a bad way to get the day started. turning sunny and hot this afternoon. most neighborhoods will be back up to above 90 degrees today. for your evening plans, staying

sure. temperatures right now in the 60s in the suburbs. low 70s downtown. plan on plenty of sunshine and heat. not terribly humid but still awfully warm. our average high is about 85 degrees. this is 5 to 8 degrees warmer than average. up side, there is plenty of sunshine. good morning. right now, still have this construction happening -- excuse me -- not construction, this clean-up happening, outer loop express lane blocked just after gallows road. inner loop at old georgetown, work zone blocking that right lane. 95 here north of bw parkway, looking good. maryland, coming down from 32