was discharged. when the ban was lifted in 2015, she was back. she's afraid of losing it all. >> now, i may be forced to lose all of my benefits again. i may be forced to repay everything again. i may be dishonorably discharged. those are things that hurt me. those are things that i feel are harmful not only to me but to everybody else that is currently serving. >> mia says despite the policy change, she will keep fighting. we'll hear from former secretary of the army eric banning, the first openly gay man to hold that position. find out why he says he doesn't believe the policy will ever go into effect. getting ready to pull an all nighter in the health care, it's known as a vote rama. a skinny repeal of the repeal act. it would include a repeal

of the health care law. the intense debate over changing the name of jeb stuart high school that's been going on for two years. they will finally hold a deciding vote. it was named in honor of a confederate general. if the name is changed, it wouldn't happen until 2019 and could be costly. keep an eye on the nbc washington app for the results of that vote. we're staying on top of a developing story out of ohio this morning. one man is dead and seven others hurt after a ride malfunctioned on the opening day of the state fair. people were thrown from the fireball spinning ride. officials say the ride was inspected thoroughly before the fair began. now governor john kasich ordered all rides to be shut down until more safety inspections are done. >> the fair is about the best things in life. and then tonight with this accident it becomes a

>> three of the people injured are in critical condition this morning. now to northern virginia where police say a woman tried to lure a little girl into her car. we're thoeld the suspicious incident happened at immediate drive and moore place on tuesday. the little girl is 9 years old. she said her mother was in the hospital. the girl said she biked straight home but the woman followed her for a block or two. the woman is in her 20s and driving a gray or silver four-door sedan. right now, d.c. police hunting for the person who shot and killed a man and his dog on a popular bike path. yesterday morning people heard half a dozen shots on the anacostia riverwalk. officers found victor williams and his dog dead. also found a small dog that

belong to williams. police are on the lookout for a man dressed in black and riding a red medicine bike. a maryland woman battling terminal cancer is back at home surrounded by her kids and grandkids thanks to the kindness of strangers. chopper 4 was the only one to capture this video. she was stuck at an alaska hospital for two months after suffering a medical emergency on vacation. ♪ >> last night at grace point church of the nazarene, the congregation celebrated nancy's homecoming. they said nancy wasn't well enough to fly commercial and couldn't afford a private plane. but a newspaper produced an outpouring of -- $60,000 was raised to bring nancy home. >> she didn't want to die in

alaska and we were going to figure something out. >> three days time of over $55,000 in three days' time. incredible. >> nancy was diagnosed with terminal cancer two years ago. >> family says they're so thankful that she can live out her remaining days at home just like she wanted. it restores my faith in humanity. you hear about terrible things happening and a stranger coming through. >> makes you feel good. >> yes. if you wanted to get dressed for practice, head out early. training camp opens at 9:30 this morning. morning walk-through at 10:35. the 'skins are in richmond again. one thing for sure, they want to do better than last year. absolutely. we learned that tight end jordan reed is starting injured. swing and a miss on the fastball at 98. bryce rp

he slams down his bat. gets in chris siegel's face. you know what's going to happen. if he didn't -- you know, you react. it's a part of the game. only 24 years old -- >> he plays with intensity. that's what everyone is saying after bryce harper was thrown out. with the nats game on the line. look at this. he struck out on a close pitch. you saw there. looked like he kicked dirt at the ump and was ejected and got in his face. you're not allowed to do that. fyi. of course, this caused a firestorm on twirt. people talking about it. some saying he should be more mature. he gets too mad. have to keep a cool head. that's the intensity of the game. he cares so much. he feels passionate about everything. right? >> okay. >> they scored six more runs after this. >> they beat the brewers

he said he was too fired up because of chance the rapper. that's the music he was listening to. >> this is not chance's fault. 4:36 right now. let's get another look at weather and traffic. >> melissa mollet is on maternity leave. chuck taylor is in for him. >> sheena is here. >> i want to talk about baseball stuff. >> he's using the rap music defense. >> he's the john mcenroe of baseball. i like it. >> john mcenroe was a winner. >> it's entertaining. >> as is mr. harper. he's young. he's been playing baseball since he was 11. he knows you can't yell at the ref. anyway, he'll be back today. temperatures will be milder, warmer today than the last few days. as far as rain chances, it's still back to the west in cincinnati. our rain chances will be increasing with time. probably not going to be much of an impact for your

rain and thunderstorms likely for both friday and friday night. saturday looks awfully wet, too. sunday, the nicest way to put it, sheena, sunday will end dry. >> yes. beauty in the eye of the beholder, chuck. sunday is the better day. for sure, we get the rain tomorrow and saturday morning. especially saturday morning. we'll be watching that closely. make sure you have your umbrella before you walk out the door tomorrow. this morning, you do not need the umbrella. little more humid this morning. nice numbers out there. 71 in vienna. 73 degrees in the district. prince george's county, mostly in the low 70s. but morning side at 69 degrees right now. through your thursday, more clouds around. warmer than yesterday. by 4:00 p.m., 89, chance of a thunderstorm. we'll look at tomorrow's chances coming up. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, good morning. the beltway off to

a few random work zones in the clearing stages. hopefully within the next half hour. for now, off to a nice start. looking good. 95 in virginia going northbound. after 6:00 in thornburg, we have a paving project going on. that is the left lane getting by. off 14th street bridge, toward lower 14th. we have a work zone up the single right lane, not causing any delay. back to you. thank you. a week after it was forced to close doors for cleaning, we're learning more about chipotle where hundreds became sick. some people came down with norovirus. >> talk about the right place at the right time. what was in one man's car that saved the life of a complete stranger. >> she's been called one. wst beautiful

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good to know. good man. the weekend is getting closer. you may want to rethink outdoor plans on saturday. >> yeah. great concerns for your outdoor plans on saturday for sure. we're clinging to optimism for sunday. as far as today, the nats and the brewers are playing. it's an early game today at 12:05 pitch. it will be a great afternoon for baseball. rain chances are coming back fast. we'll talk more about that coming right up. a body found inside a burning home. investigators don't think the fire is to blame for the person's death. the mystery unfolding in northern virginia. it's the announcement that caught a lot of people by surprise, even the pentagon. what happens next as president trump pushesorward on his ban f

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we're talking about chances of heavy rain and potentially stronger thunderstorms on your friday. keep that in mind. how much rain and when -- how quickly can we get out of here. that part of the forecast is coming up as well as your ten-day. stay with us. >> it's a move that will likely change the way you travel. what the tsa will be taking a closer look at the next time you fly. >> it will be the key. at the line is pell grin i with the touch. >> what? >> a first for hometown favorite katie ledecky. probably not what you're thinking. why she's sharing second place at the world championship. >> she's a long distance swimming. that's what she's better at, i think. 14 before the hour right now. a murder mystery is unfolding in what's normally a quiet neighborhood. two men were found shot

cul-de-sac. they spent most of the day combing the area looking for clues. meanwhile, neighbors are concerned. >> never happened in the area. for something like this to happen, it raises some questions. what exactly is going on? >> now, the two victims are 19-year-old gregory dennis and 20-year-old ryan frost both from d dumfries. a body was found inside a burned-out home. police were called to the area tuesday evening. the home is located in a rural area and no hydrants nearby. the body wasn't found until wednesday morning. the victim has not been identified. an update to a frightening road rage incident. police arrested colin burr ket

he's accused of stabbing another driver last tuesday in fredericksburg near the greenbrier shopping center. the person stabbed suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. the big question facing the white house and pentagon this morning. what will happen to thousands of transgender service members? this comes after president trump tweeted a new policy banning transgender people from serving in the military. this is a reversal of an obama air policy that lifted the ban on transgender service members. >> the announcement caught a lot of people off guard, each people at the pentagon. tracie potts live on capitol hill now. tracie what happens now? >> what happens now is they figure out how they implement this and when to implement this and what happens to people who are transgender and already dee floyd? are they automatically out of their jobs suddenly? none of that was made clear in the tweets from president trump. when asked about it, the white house said at the pentagon when the pentagon was ask

they put out a briefing that said all questions go to the white house. a lot of questions about how this will be rolled out. the reasoning behind it. the president said it was a medical cost involved with surgeries and with transgender people and also what he calls disruption to the military. we're talking about thousands of people here. a study found between 1300 and 1600 are transgender. >> walk us through what happens in the senate. >> we know what's out. repeal and replace is gone. repeal and delay is gone. lawmakers have to try to find another plan. another way to replace obamacare. what's being talked about is a skinny plan where they get rid of the mandate but don't deal with the biggest part of health care. the subsidies and medicaid. that could come up today. democrats say they're not weighing in at all until republicans put something on

table. >> all right, tracie potts on the hill this morning. tracie, thank you. it is 4:50. steve scalise is looking forward to eventually returning to work. but first he'll have to go through intensive rehabilitation process. scalise was discharged from the hospital on tuesday. he had been in the hospital nearly six weeks after being shot by gunmen who opened fire at a republican baseball team during a practice in alexandria. the person responsible for launching the d.c. streetcar is resigning. according to the "washington post" d.c. director of transportation announced his departure on tuesday. he will leave his post from the metro board of directors. he helps to create the district's vision zero plan. it would eliminate traffic deaths by 2024. he plans to join the private sector at an engineering company. he was appointed in 2015 by mayor muriel bowser. a w

nfl player lucky whitehead. he was cut from the dallas cowboys on monday after being falsely accused of shoplifting in prince william county. but he's been picked up by another team. the new york jets claimed whitehead off waivers. whitehead graduated from manassas in 2009. prince william county police say the man arrested claimed to be whitehead, had his social security number even. they're investigating how they had that personal informs. katie ledecky will use her second place win to work harder and faster. for the first time she didn't finish first in a race. >> at the line it's pell grin i getting the touch. >> she finished second in the 200 meter free striel. italy came in from behind and won the race. today, ledecky will swim the 4 by

on saturday, she will compete in the 800 meter freestyle. she is favored in both races. >> this doesn't take away from anything in terms of her accomplishments. she's known to be more of a long distance. she'll do better in the -- >> apparently she's human. who knew? >> and she's probably exhausted. >> exactly. we love her. >> we'll be watching. who knew? >> listen, the fact that i get from my car to the door every morning is an accomplishment. >> the fact that you arrive here in one piece. >> no pocket square today, though. you have one in there? >> i don't. >> maybe tomorrow. but eun, you're right. we have a little bit of humidity in the forecast this morning and through the day today. we're going to see more clouds. it will be warmer. you'll notice the humidity increasing through the afternoon. then we have a chance for a

now, tomorrow, that is the day where you want the umbrella. pretty much through the entire day. morning will be the quiet he's time. even though we can have a few showers. heavy rain and rain will linger into the weekend. right now, it does look like sunday will be your better day. sunday looks windy as that rain starts to move away. 74 right now. 72 is the temperature in leesburg. 78 in manassas. 71 gaithersburg. later on this afternoon, we can have a couple spotty thunderstorms. not much, though. early tomorrow morning, clouds are here. we start to see showers and thunderstorms flaring up in the afternoon. 8:00 p.m., heavy rain and an area of low pressure that looks like it should be developing on top of us. that will linger into saturday and we'll start to see things improving. there's the rain off to the west. risk mostly south of the district. severe storms into tomorrow. we'll be watching that very closely.

anywhere from 1 to 2.5 inches. we'll be watching that closely. we'll be cooler too. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. so focused on saturday. 75 forecast. nice weather. i don't care. beltway looks great. nothing to report. so far that should slow you down. 270, a live look in clarksburg near 121. traffic is moving well. i believe it's cleared, both sides. there's no slowdown whatsoever. in virginia. 95 headed northbound. down here, quiet. 610 headed northbound. the paving project should be wrapped up. the right lane had been getting by. it's not causing a delay. >> jack, thank you. 4:54. getting help in the event of a an emergency became easier for some people. where you can text 911 in our area. >> attention passengers. the changes to

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new information on that norovirus outbreak at a chipotle restaurant in sterling. we brought you the story last week after more

became sick. the fast food chain received a follow-up subpoena. it requests information tied to those illnesses. chipotle attributed the illnesses in sterling to a sick worker and lacked enforcement of the company's sick policy. the subpoena is related to a criminal investigation of a norovirus outbreak last year. we're working on new ways to contact 911. they can now text. you should only text if you can't call. another warning like any text, your message may not go through right away. if you plan to fly anywhere soon, get ready for big changes at the security lines. the tsa is putting in place tighter security measures for domestic travel. people will have to remove all electronic items, larger than cell phones from carry-on bags to undergo separate screening, that includes tablets, e-readers, video game

and it could lead to longer wait times. >> there's really just no way that you can start dumping more items out of a bag and somehow keep the lines going the same speed. >> the new enhanced security rules announced yesterday only apply at standard security lanes. the rules do not apply to people who are in check programs. "news4 today" starts now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. we're working to get you out of the house on time this morning. >> we're going to notice a difference when you walk out the door for sure. let's get out to chuck and sheena and then we'll check in with jack taylor at wtop. >> i think it's pleasant. but there is a noticeable change this morning. it's a small change. but that's ahead of rain. >> yes, indeed. southerly breezes this morning. it's actually rather comfortable outside. this south wind will eventually bring more humidity and more heat back into the weather for

during the daylight hours today. but showers become likely by late this evening, overnight tonight and friday and saturday both in big trouble to a rain perspective. rain could be heavy at time. upper 60s to 70 in the suburbs this morning. most of your day will be dry. warmer and more humid than the last few days. rain likely to move in tonight. enjoy the highs in the 80s today. we'll probably be in the 70s for highs with the rain on saturday. let's go over to jack taylor at wtop. >> chuck, thank you. good morning. we'll start things off on the beltway where things are nice. no delays but we have our new trouble spot moving to springfield out of newington on 95 northbound. springfield parkway, a crash may have now only the far left side getting by. a major crash there. an enormous amount much equipment