through other evidence that there were 24 victims. but they have only been able to identify 13 of them. there are still 11 boy that is have not been identified and have not come forward. parents are scared and frustrated with the school leadership. it's led to at least one major change at the top. the school's principal reassigned. >> bureau chief tracee wilkins talked with some parents who said this case has been a huge wake up call and it's made them change the way they talk to their children. tracee. >> reporter: absolutely. a lot of tough conversations happening right now between parents and their children. i've been told by multiple sources, close to this investigation, that they are having a very difficult time getting victims to come forward and parents to cooperate. if parents are not having the conversations they need to with their kids, now is the time. >> it's things like mr. bill that makes you hard to trust anybody. >> they're asking themselves,

bell was capable of. bell was his daughter's track coach here at the middle school, he's now facing more than 100 counts for sexually assaulting 24 boys at her middle school. >> i think i'm a very good judge of character, military and all of that. but i wasn't with him. >> he was real cool. he always mess with us and joke with us. i didn't know he was that type of person. >> it's not uncommon that they would be the nice guy, that they would have a ka raz mattic personality and people would be attracted to them. >> counselor le shay johnson said there are a number of reasons why parents and victims may not want to come forward. parents may actually not just want to come forward because they don't want to deal with anything more than what they're forced to now deal with. >> some parents may not know their child was a victim. key to finding out is to first empower them. >> you can present a scenario, you know, and say, you know, if someone were to touchou

these places, then -- and you didn't want it, you didn't do anything wrong. >> she says a child who was a victim will show some signs it can be complicated, especially if they're teenagers. >> it's just important to spend time with your children and to know your children so that you kind of know the extremes of what they will do and the extremes of what they want do. >> he's changed this county. >> he's changed everything. he's changed -- he should change how parents talk to their kids, if nothing else, it should be a major wake up call to make parents say, i'm going to sit down with my kids. >> if you have any information that can help in this investigation, call 1,800, call fbi. tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. we have new information about a story you saw on 4:00. led to allegations of violent threats and a trip to court. news

firefighters who is accused of making those threats. he's live in bethesda with what he had to say, pat. >> reporter: wendy, you might call this the battle of the bethesda fire house. tonight we're hearing from the man right in the middle of it. >> i chose this battle. i'm going to speak and i am going to see it as far as it goes. >> he's 38 years old. he's been a montgomery county firefighter for 12 years. he's at the center of a confederate flag conflict that had four firefighters going to court to try to get protective orders. july 19th, edris saw a confederate flag shaped like a license plate owned by a firefighter, a truck that was parked in the lot. edris got angry and he let the other firefighters know about it. >> i spoke my mind in a controlled

and i was met with jokes and laughter by my supervisors, amongst other firefighters a didn't feel like that was appropriate. >> reporter: now according to complaints filed in court. edris said you think you have guns, i have more guns than you, i'll end this. >> reporter: did you say to the firefighters, you think you have guns, i have more guns than you, i'll end this? >> reporte >> absolutely not. >> according to complaints, edris said, if you snitch, i'll take you out. >> reporter: did you tell one of the firefighters if you snitch, i'll take you out. >> what i told him i wasn't going to snitch on him and actually i didn't. >> reporter: according to complaints, he said you're cowards, i don't trust any of you. >> you did call them cowards. >> absolutely. >> did you say you don't trust them. >> i don't trust them with my lives. if they c

and not acknowledge that it's insensitive at the least to some groups of people, then i don't believe they have my best interest at heart. >> reporter: he says the fire department has an eye on this incident. >> it's been reviewed. we think there were some discussion, may have gotten out of hand. there's a difference of opinion. we encourage open dialogue and discussion, but it has to be respectful. >> reporter: we have four petitions for protective order here, one is already been denied by a judge. the hearings on the three other petitions tomorrow in court. pat, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. it's a story that is trending here in washington and across the country. we are now getting new reaction to an explosive lawsuit. it accuses fox news and the white house of working together to push conspiracy theories about the murder of dnc staffer seth rich. it alleges that fox

quoted an investigator working on the case because that's what the president wanted. it also accuses fox and the president of pushing the conspiracy theory to help lift the cloud of the russia investigation. chris lawrence is in our newsroom with a response from both sides now, chris. >> yeah, pat. rod wheeler filed this lawsuit. he's the investigator who looked into seth rich's murder last year it appeared frequently on fox news. it was there we heard a conspiracy theory that suggested rich took e-mails from the democratic national committee and leaked them to wiki leaks. they say he intentionally misquoted him in a story that suggested he discovered a link. it alleged that president trump had an advanced copy of that fox story and pushed fox to pubbish it as is with the false quotes. today at the press briefing, huckabee said the white house had nothing to do with it. >> the president had no knowledge of the story and it's

white house involvement in the story and beyond that, this is on going litigation and i'd refer you to the actual parties involved which aren't the white house. >> the dnc also put out a statement saying there is no excuse for the suffering that trump's associates and conspirators at fox have caused the rich family and those closest to them. both parties should denounce these sick and twisted tactics. fox publiced the story on its web site and pulled a week later. it was not suggested to the high degree of editorial scrutiny they require. they think the murder was result of botched robbery. wendy. senate republicans couldn't agree on a way to repeal and replace obama care. now they're contemplating a totally different approach. work together with the democrats to figure it out. number two senate republican john cronin of texas is calling on democrats to come up with

ideas of their own to fix health care, adding that he believes bipartisan solutions could "tend to be more durable." minority leader chuck schumer agrees that obama care is not perfect and does need improvement, but says democratic improvement -- and said they will be willing to work with republicans. the white house says the president will make a decision this week about whether to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers, payments used to reduce copays and deductibles for low income americans. senate republicans are urging him to hold off on that for a few months to buy congress a little more time. stopping the payments would essentially force the collapse of obama care. if that happens, insurance premiums would skyrocket. a move today to decriminalize pot, new jersey senator corey booker introduced a bill that will legalize marijuana at the federal level. it doesn't stop there. people already in federal prison serving time for

be resentenced under this new legislation or have those convictions tossed. federal funds would be used to encourage states to loosen their marijuana laws, as well. the legislation has widespread support from the public. some observers say it will now pass in a gop-controlled congress. >> turning now to the forecast, things are heating up. it's getting a lot more humid. doug cammerer is in the storm center with how humid and hot it's going to get. i a little bit of a heat wave here, something else we've been tracking showers and thunderstorms around parts of the area, some of those coming right through downtown right now. most of the area is dry. notice right along i-95. we told you yesterday watch along i-95 between baltimore and dc that's exactly what we're seeing those storms today. flood advisories, parts of prince georges county. up around frederick county, a

there was a strong storm that came right through frederick and around the ball lynn jer creek area. we're looking around some damage, a lot of power outages up into that region, a lot of trees down, too, that storm is now gone but they may deal with some residual effects. around laurel, pretty good storm there with thunder and lightning. look at this, right downtown, along 66 and 55, a lot of some heavy rain we'll continue to watch these storms as they continue to move on through over the next few hours, i'm back in just a bit. all right, doug, i'm scott mcfarlane, this in exclusively, the u.s. department of veterans affairs has fired the long-time head of the washington d.c. va medical center, the giant and important medical center it runs in washington, d.c. his name is brian hawkins. he had been areassigned in april after they found unsanitary conditions and supply short aag inside the facility.

among the food service provider as t the medical center. after he was reassigned, a patient's body was undiscovered in the parking lot outside for nearly two days, back here live, brian hawkins was reassigned in april. after the investigation, the agency said it would discipline hawkins and tonight it has fired him. at the live desk, i'm scott mcfarlane. still ahead disturbing news for parents who sent their children to church summer camp. coming up why a counselor now is under arrest. for more than 40 years, prince georges county family has been spending family vacations on the outer banks. because of power outages, cars

to say it's been a nightmare would be an under statement. now some families are filing suit against the construction company responsible for the power outage along the outer banks. tens of thousands of visitors had to leave because of the mistake and all of the businesses that depend on tourist dollars are also feeling the financial pinch. earlier, we heard from a local family that had to cancel their annual vacation because of the power failure and as news 4 megan fitzgerald reports, they're wondering if they're going to get their money back. >> i love them very much. we try to stay close together as

type of year george and roach get to see their ten grandchildren. >> i've been looking for it for months. >> they purchase the same rental cabin like they do every year with surf and sound realty. >> this is my family and you can see surf music, this is where we stay, surf music. >> they sign the contract and paid more than $8,000. but before they had a chance to arrive. >> saturday we got a call they were evacuating the island. >> hatteras was one of two islands being evacuated after construction crews accidentally cut a transmission line which knocked out power and prompted a mandatory evacuation. >> priceless memories. this is what money can't buy at my age. this is what hurts so much, i can't get this back. >> it's also possible roach might not get his money back because he didn't purchase travel insurance. he

covered hurricanes so he didn't think he needed it. >> it's impossible to know without reading the policy whether he would be covered under this situation. >> travel experts say it's important to take the time to read insurance policies to determine if it's worth purchasing. >> it ee's always smart to consr a travel insurance policy when you're renting place for the summer. you really never know what's going to happen. make sure you're buying a policy from is a reputable company. you can go to the u.s. travel insurance web site and look for members. >> it's a lesson roach is learning the hard way. >> i just don't think it's fair. now, they say strongly encourage their guest to purchase travel insurance, but they wouldn't consider if they're considering refund for those families who didn't. travel experts say roach and others in a similar situation can always file complaint with the north carolina attorney general's office. we have information on how to do that on our nbc washington app,

>> megan fitzgerald, thank you, megan. the next time you go to book an airline ticket, take a closer look at the prices, the cheapest air fair may not be your best buy. a lot of consumers don't realize with those restrictions, they come with that lower price and marry donaldson, she discovered that when she became ill and cancelled her trip and learned that her tickets nonrefundable. tonight at 11:00, nbc 4 response, consumer reporter susan hogan reveals there may be an exception to the nonrefundable rule. breaking right now, the senate has approved a new fbi director, christopher ray, one unanimous support just a moment ago from a senate committee. both democrats and republicans praised him when he said he sure as heck wouldn't offer a pledge of loyalty to the president. ray would replace james comey who president tru

fired into russian's meddling in the 2016 election. dc police are out, they're hoping to build bridges with the people they protect and serve. part of national night out, couldn't happen at a more critical time, as the city saw a dozen shootings in two days. they're at king green leaf rec center with a look at what's planned there, chris? >> well, wendy, the people behind me just learned cpr from the dc fire ems department. look around, you see, police, fire, you see, all the superior court, housing. you see booze and hand outs. there are slides and police motorcycle rides. this is the 34th annual national night out and it's here in southwest washington. it is like a carnival for the kids, but for the adults, there are some serious messages and issues,

>> the goal is to improve police community and relations and to prevent crime. it comes after a violent weekend. since friday, the city has had 11 shootings with two deaths. police have been frustrated trying to close these cases with arrests. dc mayor will tell national night out participants just how tough a weekend it was. >> and what i will tell them is that our police department is vigilant, all the way from the chief down to the lieutenants and the officers who are walking the beat. we ask that our community continue to work with them so that we can quickly solve crimes. we know that's important. >> the mayor says in the past year, her safer stronger dc plan has resulted in a 10% reduction in homicides and 26% decrease in violent crimes. the mayor and police chief are beginning their national night out visits here at king green

southwest washington, one of seven locations hosting events city wide. >> i'm a product of this environment and, actually, i'm very concerned about the killings that's going on and the shootings. you know, national night out, i'm glad they brought it here in southwest washington, d.c. because the kids need to know that police officers are human, too. >> paul taylor said he turned his life around after being released from prison 12 years ago. >> back in any younger days, i was a product go around committing crimes and things like that. so i took it upon myself, once i was released to give back to my community wholeheartedly. >> reporter: well, i made some new friends here tonight, delores gregory from this area. >> and agnes. >> and long-time watcher of -- >> channel 4. >> reporter: okay. enjoy yourself. it's open here until 8:00 tonight. some of the events around dc, virginia maryland are open a little later. >> okay.

>> you know, it's important because community is very much like family and that video you showed of the officer with the little kids in the side car, i think that says it all, you know, driving around the little kids and giving them rides, i think that says it all. chris isn't listening to me. >> thank you, you're right. >> wasn't that wonderful. >> yes. >> that's really great. and i love what the man said who had been in prison and he's out there now trying to give back. again, community is like your family. and we tend to forget that. and our lives, you know, don't often foster that. >> that's where a lot of the solutions to a lot of the problems in our community. >> it can be that easy. so, a company makes good on a promise to deliver a high-tech perk. the latest on the business that embedded micro chips into the arms of their employees. and you've heard of roses luxury, well maybe you've had trouble getting in with your date. coming up, the restaurants that are

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running through. >> they were taking your keys out and i was to ask you guys, you've taken care of it. look what's going on here, let's go right to the city cam and you should see what's happening, very heavy downpours, little bit of lightning and thunder. look at the rain coming right through downtown normally from this vantage point, you can see right around the river, and yeah we're dealing with heavy rain, currently across parts of the region. you can see where that heavy rain is inside the dc metro area right around downtown, another area around laurel and a little bit earlier, we saw some big storms, watch this, right here. very quick storm, that storm was around the ball lynn jer creek area of frederick, that storm sent out a little bit of airflow down here and really helped to kick off the storms around our area and take a look at the damage up around the ballinger creek area. you can see what's happening there. that tent out there sort of wolf's furniture

we did have a couple of trees in that region, as well. this is a system that we're tracking, isolated showers and thunderstorms, we told you we might see them yesterday and that's exactly what we're dealing with right now outside. biggest storm, let's zoom in on this one, around laurel, we would have the chopper up right now if it wasn't for this storm. that's where our chopper is at between laurel, a lot of lightning with this, heavy rain right between laurel and greenville and look around route one here, along 95. and seeing some pretty -- ladies -- ikea is seeing the rain, there is ikea, if you know that area well. >> buffalo wild wings is over there too. >> down towards dc, tracking a shower that's developed over the last say, 15 to 30 minutes or so. it was in parts of north east and moving across 16th, across georgia avenue,

den. our studios are right here. that rain trying to make its way our way, too. it's going to be a little bit of a rainy evening for some of us. most of you watching, though, are still looking at sunshine. temperature 87 at the airport which is not seeing the rain. winds out of the south at 13 miles an hour, around the rest of the area, 88 manasas. a few pop-up showers and storms. look at this, most of the region dry. there's the one storm, here is the others right around our region, the rest of the area completely dry, now, tomorrow, a better chance of showers and storms going for about 30% chance of those storms developing, an isolated strong to severe storm always possible this time of year. 92, it's thursday and friday, a little bit cooler for the weekend and right now the weekend looking really nice, breezy on saturday, some gorgeous weather coming up on sunday. guys, we're going to continue to track these storms for you from the storm center. >> all right. thanks doug. this guy was caught on camera looking behind unsuspect

atm. there's been arrest. so what do we know about this suspect and how many cases he's linked to. >> troubling news for parents who sent their children to a local church summer camp, the allegations that it recently come to light about a camp counselor. mysterious death at ocean city, what police

it wasn't until this summer that the child came forward with these allegations. northern virginia bureau chief was word that this investigation is not over yet, jewels. >> oak grove baptist church. they run a summer camp over eight different weeks. when the latest session started yesterday. parents were greeted with troubling news that a former volunteer camp counselor had sent photos and solicited sex from a child at the camp. it's a camp that promises learning and summer fun, but now parents who bring their kids to oak grove baptist summer program are forced to have some difficult conversations with their children. these court documents lay out the case against former c

snap chat to send lewd photos to a camper, boy under age of 15 and requested sex from him. the communication took place last year after camp ended. but when the child returned to camp this summer and found he was once again a counselor, he revealed what had allegedly happened. >> the fact that he came back to be part of the camp this summer, i think, what prompted the concern about that, is i guess one of the children ended up communicating with an adult about the situation. >> herns who is now 9 is no longer working at the camp, the camp director declined on camera interviews they say all families at the camp and oak grove congregation had been notified. the investigation is still on going and as a church family, we are praying for all the families involved. sheriff's office worried there could be other victims. >> if there's anybody else who may be a victim here, we certainly want to know. we're in the prs

investigation into this. >> when i stopped by the home in ashburn today, relative who answered the door declined to comment. now also checked with the detention center late this afternoon, they tell me he's being held there without bond, back to you now in the studio. >> julie carey, thank you, julie. he lurked behind women getting cash from the atm. cameras captured everything, including a decent shot of his faith and that helped fairfax city police catch him. police say richard scott meyers tried to still money from two women at wells fargo bank. the first woman refused to give up her cash. so police say meyer's jumped into passenger seat of another woman's car. she screamed and he ran off. meyers tried to steal money from cash register at nearby aldi supermarket. he's now facing attempted robbery and larceny charges. new details in the case of maryland man accused of shooting a woman during a road rage incident in

earnst told the judge he was trying to hire his own attorney. his bond hearing was delayed until next week. last month he shot a woman after confrontation on theizen haur connecter. the woman who was shot is expected to be okay. ocean city police are trying to figure out how the body of that texas woman ended up buried in the sand on the beach in their city. while police say the death doesn't appear to be suspicious, they aren't ruling anything out. news 4 mark seagrave is in our newsroom with what might have happened. >> the victim has now been identified as a 30-year-old from plano texas who was vacationing at the beach with her mother and stepfather. according to one ocean city official, the woman was last seen by her family about 2:00 in the morning. it was about 6:30 monday morning, someone flagged down an ocean city government employee and told them they found a body in the sand,

seen from the surface was an arm. the spokesperson at the ocean city police department tells news 4 about the same time that that call came in for the body, the victim's parents were at a police station to report their daughter was missing. police say the death does not appear to be suspicious. in a phone interview, we asked ocean city police if it's possible the woman was asleep or unconscious on the beach and was accidentally run over by one of the large tractors that raked debris off the beaches every night. >> that is a possibility. we're not ruling that out. but, again, we can't make any final determinations until the investigation is a little bit further along. >> now police would not say whether there was any sign of trauma on the body. they are waiting for the autopsy results to determine the cause of the death. in the newsroom, mark seagraves, news 4. the district is spending millions to help you get around town on dozens of new circulator

dollar. dc spent $30 million on this new fleet saying the old buses were no longer reliable. riders' satisfaction recently plummeted as they complained about late pick ups and broken ac. dc officials promised to keep this fleet updated but did acknowledge that they haven't hired a maintenance company that can provide proper upkeep. and a warning for people that just come in to us from arlington, a bulldog seen at the cherrydael veterinary clinic has died from rabies. the health department wants to hear from anyone who may have been there at the same time, at that veterinary clinic. the pet was seen in the morning on july 8 and again in the afternoon on the 14th. commonly spread through direct contact with saliva but it is treatable if caught early. it's a spot that's been held by the restaurant roses luxury for years now. the best in

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those glittery iphone cases are giving some people chemical burns and now the company making them is issuing a recall. >> the issue, the liquid and glitter can leak from those cases and irritate your skin. there have been 24 complaints, one person said it burns left permanent scars. another reported hand and face swelling. a big honor for three brand new dc restaurants, named one bonn ap teet magazines 50 best new restaurants in america. it whittled down to ten in a few weeks. erin silver man's pineapple and pearls made the list. his roses luxury claimed the toss spot back in 2014. other finalists include,

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and that's exactly what we've got out there today. most of us have been dry, you're seeing the rain is coming down. >> and the timing could not be worse, a lot of people coming home from work, you're trying to get the kids back, into the house, it's pouring outside. >> absolutely, take a look at this, it's outside our studios here, good thing, you had your windows rolled up here, it is coming down, look at the wind there, too. now this is not severe, although this storm has been increasing in intensity over the last 15 to 20 minutes. look at the flag blowing there, the rain is coming down here in northwest dc. take another vantage point here. a minute ago you could see connecticut avenue and wisconsin avenue, they're off just in the distance, but now that is completely obscured by the rain coming down across our region. you notice, as i said, nothing around southern maryland, nothing in through northern virginia for the most part, up around frederick, but baltimore, to dci-95 we talked about this yesterday being the next chance of storms, let'so

stormy area. this is around buoy up around -- right around the laurel area and right around vw parkway and 495 and i-95 area. look at this right through downtown right now in through northwest, right down along the mall, heavy rain, a little bit of lightning and thunder. we haven't seen a lot with this, a little bit of lightning and thunder. this looked kind of like this one. see this one over towards -- in towards parts of northeast. it's kind of exploded here. there's a lightning strike right around the dc area. heads up if you're on georgia avenue, 16th street. if you're over towards wisconsin or back over towards the articling tond and claire den area, coming down right here. good idea, maybe stay in doors and think about getting home and need to take the dog out for a walk. you might want to give yourself a little bit of time before this passes. it's not moving all that fast. it's really not moving all that fast. we'll continue to see that throughout the next houror

now, tomorrow, i think a better chance of some showers and storms, same area, though. i-95. baltimore right on down dc, watch what happens during the afternoon. virginia starts to get in on the action. we have a better chance of storms during the day tomorrow, going for about 30% chance of the storms. look at the city camera, to the east, not much, but to the west a lot more of that rain coming through, tomorrow, 91 degrees, warm a little bit more humid a few storms, and that humidity is only going to be creeping up as we move on through, and so are rain chances. l >> at least as we head into the rest of the work week. we're not talking about extreme heat, the beginning of august, typically in dc. it's so hot and oppressive outside. the humidity, it's going to be that muggy and oppressive range, the temperatures will be a little bit cooler around 90 degrees. we're not talking about mid-90s. look what happens as we work our way into the weekend. humidity levels really drop. it's

year. it's not just the humidity that drops as we head on into the weekend. >> the temperatures are going to be dropping, too, look at the numbers. 91 tomorrow, heat index approaching 94, 95 degrees. but nothing like that 100, 105 we saw just a couple of weeks ago. look at the weekend, only in the 80s, nice weather coming up this weekend. monday, though, the rain moves back in, a good chance of rain, thunderstorm action as well. we'll continue to monitor these storms as they're firing up right here from the storm center. >> all right, thanks, guys. when you hear the words chip party, this is what you expect. we told you about this the last few weeks, it's official, wisconsin company held a party today for those employees who were implanted with a micro chip. with this chip they'll be able to open doors, log on to their computers, use the copy machine and buy snacks in the break room, most importantly. it's about the size of grain of rice and it gets implanted into the risk using

they're not trying to spy or pry on their employees. this is all done for convenience. well, ready or not, we're helping you get your students ready for school. if your child lives in prince georges county, there will be no classes unless the immunizations are up to do. kristin wright explains how you can get shots for free. >> it's like a little poke, it doesn't hurt. promise you. >> shots are no fun and not the way nikala hay wants to spend the last days of summer. she's going into seventh grade. that means it's time for more immunizations. her dad brought her for a free clinic at largo medical center. >> something i didn't have to come out of pocket for, yeah, i definitely appreciate it. >> the school district is partnering with kaiser permanente to offer free immunizations to students this weec

students in this school district didn't have the required vaccinations on the first day of school last year. >> so we're making a big push this year to make sure every student has proper vaccinations and is ready to go on day one. >> this doctor specializes in infectious disease and says kids not getting vaccines creates health risks for all students. he said many of the families in prince georges county that are not getting immunizations don't have health insurance. >> i think the main reason is poor access to vaccinations. i think our clinic here is one of the solutions, we offer this as a free service to our community. >> any student who does not have the proper vaccination will be excluded from classes on day one. >> dad said he can now rest a little easier during these last days of summer. in prince georges county, kristin wright, news 4. >> now other school districts are also offering free clinics to find one, openur

washington app and search immunizations. she's the maryland woman who unknowingly gave her cancer cells to science, those cells are still forging medical discovers after her death, long after her death. baltimore county is honoring henrietta. the county held a ceremony this past weekend, introducing that the -- that every first saturday in august will be known as henrietta lacks day. they took her cells while she was under anesthesia and they did it without her permission. they have been crucial, those cells, in understanding viruss, in vitro fertilization and development of numerous vaccines. jay looks a little different these days, while his players get their bodies ready for the season. the head coach is doing the same. thanks to an ha ha moment that he shares in his conversation with carol maloney. >> he added two years

contract and lost 25 pounds from his frame. a big off season for the redskins' head coach. he looks now like he's at his playing weight and can't help himself when it comes to playing around. >> did you feel like you needed to? >> i don't know. my joints were all hurting. i was heavy. i saw my reflection shun on my ipad wasn't night and i wasn't have happy so i had to lose some weight. >> you want to share secret. >> first four -- i took a shot in the morning with water and then i lost four or five pounds, initially, then i started feeling better and started watching what i ate and i wasn't as hungry and i felt the weight coming off and i just kept going. >> when i heard the news that you signed an extension, i thought, wow -- all the years i've been here, he's not resigned to head coach. did you know that history cup, again, and what did it m

>> it means a lot, it gives you the opportunity to build a football team. this day and age owners and coaches don't see eye to eye, since i've been here we've been on the same page and we have the same goal in mind and that is to build foundation of good football team. he liked what we were doing and decided to give me an extension. >> your face lights up the most when you're doing drills with them. >> yeah. >> it's so fun to watch you. have you ever gotten hurt? >> yesterday. i was a quarterback and pass rusher and i was blind sided. >> that's hilarious. >> what's that like. >> my neck is a little sore. >> he said he was stumbling. >> what he has made right is eliminating cut down days in the preseason. championed this league-wide change, coming up at 6:00. why he took this cause personally. in richmond, carol maloney, news 4

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cheerleader, gymnast, well liked at school. what could make her commit suicide. >> apparently nonstop bullying. girl from new jersey taking her own life. now family suing her school saying the school didn't do enough to help her. >> it made it feel like the world, keep in mind, that her world is 900 students at middle school. it made it feel like the world was against her. >> this could have been prevented, serves as a wake up call for all schools, signer bullying is happening every day and it has to be stopped. nbc jim maxwell reports. >> reporter: 12-year-old malorie was a cheerleader, gymnast, daughter, sister and friendly, tragically the middle school student took her own life in june after herxd family said sh was tormented online by other girls. other families we spoke to say, cruel comments on social media are a far bigger problem than face to face bullying. >> the group text

between kids about others and like comments on pictures and no one is really nice online, any more. >> in a statement, the family attorney says they will sue the rock away township district for gross negligence and failing to stop the cyber bullying of 12-year-old malorie grossman who committed suicide after months of relentless bullying by snap chat and text messages from several of her classmates. friends of the grossman family have started a go fund me page that has raised more than $75,000. they asked the school officials repeatedly for help to stop the bullying and they say the school did nothing. malorie's mom was at copeland middle school asking for help on the day that her 12-year-old committed suicide. even elementary school students say it's a problem. >> there are a lot of people that like i've seen on instagram posts and stuff saying, like negative things about each other. i just hate it. >> the year before the grossm

tragedy, copeland middle schoolteachers and administrators did a self assessment and gave themselves a 94%, an a, the district did not return calls for comment today. the grossman attorney added that this case prove that cyber bullying can lead to disaster if it's not stopped by the school. tonight on nbc nightly news, stephanie has more with malorie's parents. >> and expert advice on what warning signs parents should be looking out for. now, at 6:00, a live picture outside our studio in northwest washington as heavy rain moves in and the timing really couldn't be worse as people try to make their way home from work. >> we're seeing reports of damage out there, seeing these pictures coming in just now from frederick county. we've got the downed trees and powerlines. >> let's check in with doug to tell us who is getting hit and how long this mess is going to

the dry side, but the area that's coming down right now, right along i-95 right through parts of the beltway, these are the areas that are most impacted by the storm at this time of day, a lot of people leaving home are trying to get home from work. let's take a look outside our tower cam, you notice what's happening here, the rain continues to come down, i want to show you a different vantage point. this is from our national harbor camera. check this camera out. this storm -- this camera actually shows you the entire storm over the district, look at the rain shaft right here coming on down, we've seen a couple of bolts of lightning out of this, as well, as we've looked over the past half hour to hour as this storm continued to develop. now it has been developing, first you see the storm around the creek area and i-95 corridor really lighting up between baltimore, northern prince georges and down towards dc, that's where we have the strongest storm. we have one over buoy, look at this right over parts of northwest this is going to be between the beth