left a firefighter fighting for his life. the accident happened at a fire at a row house on f street northeast. the communications officer for d.c. fire and ems temps us a 28-year-old firefighter was hit by a fire vehicle as he jumped off another vehicle. he is in the hospital in critical condition right now. we expect to get an update on his condition in about an hour. we have crews at both the hospital and fire scene. no one else was hurt and the fire is out. there was minimal damage to the neighboring homes. we are told the injured firefighter has only been with the department for a couple of months. also in northeast, firefighters were called to a house on buchanan street just after 12:30 this morning. four people were injured, including two d.c. police officers. the officers and one other person are expected to be okay. but another person is in serious condition. d.c. fire sayst

under control. and we're also learning that a firefighter was hurt at a house fire in northwest. that person is expected to be okay. good morning everyone. i'm molette green. it's 4:00 a.m. and we're working to get you out the door and on time this morning. let's get to storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen and to what it looks like when you step outside this morning. hold on, it's creeping back in this morning, the humidity. >> did you feel the humidity. >> extra flat ironing this morning. >> that's going to be the case the rest of the morning. we're talking about temperatures very comfortable still, but the humidity is up this morning. it's really going to be a day like yesterday. 75 degrees in washington, 73 in leesburg. 74 quantico. 68 in clinton. 70 in frederick. we had a couple very early showers on radar. but those have moved out.

door, by 57 a.m. -- we're warming to around 80. we still have an isolated thunderstorm chance this afternoon coming up. i'll show you the timing of that, plus really nice changes for the week and i think you'll really like it. >> thanks, sheena. a horrifying scene in northern virginia. a mother and two children allegedly held prisoner in their own home for years. the father of those two kids is behind bars this morning. spotsylvania county deputies arrested moore on saturday. news 4's jackie benson spoke with neighbors and asked if they ever saw anything suspicious. >> reporter: these houses off a busy road but not near any other home. take a look. every single window and door is covered over with some type of blanket or other covering to keep people from being able to see inside. to keep them from being able to see whaas

>> i have never seen that lady or those kids in that house. and that was before last summer because the grass was really tall. >> a nearby resident who asked not to be identified said the man seemed inat the present time on keeping people away from the home. >> when he said she was handicapped, i told my husband, i saw a lady walking but i've never seen her lifted. i thought he was living there by himself. >> the sheriff's office says deputies were called to the home saturday to check on the welfare of the family. they say moore was reluctant to allow them into the home. while speaking to him out front, a woman and two children, ages 8 and 11 ran out of the side door. the woman told deputies a shocking story that moore, who is believed to be the father of the children, had held them captive in the home, refusing to allow them to leave for two years. he's been charged

counts of abduction, felony assault and battery. >> real estate records show moore was not the owner of this home but it's not clear whether or not he was renting it. ? fredericksburg, jackie bensen, news 4. breaking news this morning. a second person found dead after a school explosion in minneapolis. we now know it was the school's janitor. crews pulled his body from the rubble last night. the other victim has been identified as ruth berg. she worked as the receptionist for 17 years. contractors working there caused a natural gas leak yechltd students and teachers incompetent side the school had seconds to get out before that blast. >> my daughter got up and was getting ready to leave out of the counselor's office and was blown back into the counselor's office by the explosion. it was seconds after they told everybody to get out that the explosion happened. >> seven people are still in

doctors say the injuries range from serious to critical. new overnight, d.c. fire crews also responded to a fiery two-car crash on irving street northwest. not far from the hospital center. one person is dead and another injured. fire crews say the car was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. they say the two victims were in the car that caught fire. no one in the other vehicle was hurt. a look at some things happening around town. remember that powerful tornado that ripped through stevensville, maryland, there's a meeting on the recovery process in queen anne's county. they can offer suggestion toss first responder agencies. the meeting gets under way at the elementary school tonight at 7:00.

in record territory today and hit the 22,000 mark for the first time yesterday. some of the companies that have contributed to the big gains, boeing, mcdonald's and apple. dozens of companies are expected to release earnings numbers this morning which give the dow an extra boost. president trump could help the gains when he speaks in west virginia tonight. but it doesn't look like everyone will be excited to see him. someone vandalized the arena in huntington where the president is expected to speak to supporters. an anti-trump image was written across part of the building. there's no word on who did it or when it was done. we're working for you with our backpacks for kids program to help kids around our area get ready for school. starting at 6:00 a.m., you can come out to the apple federal credit union in kingstown. we will be accepting donations of new backpacks,ch

we're going to be there until noon. if you can't make it to fairfax county, you can make a donation through our nbc washington app. coming up later on this morning, erika gonzalez will be live at the drop-off to show you how quick and easy it is to do. before you know it, we're going to be talking about the bus stop forecast, sheena. right now, hold on. let's talk about the forecast. we're going to the pool and the beach. that kind of stuff. >> i like that forecast a lot better, molette. the bus stop forecast, it's a little bit bittersweet. summer is coming to an end. 75 degrees in washington. 68 front royal. it's warm this morning. i'll show you how hot it will get today and changes coming up. stay tuned. they may sound like the answer to your money problems. those programs. sometimes they can do more harm

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self-starter. >> kirk cousins breaking out some lines from the hit show hamilton at training camp yesterday. last season vernon davis' locker was next to cousins gave him the inside scoop about the qb hamilton habit. cousins hopes to see the show when it comes to the kennedy center. sure that's not going to be a problem. well, the nfl officially back. the cowboys take on the cardinals right here on nbc tonight. the annual hall of fame game kicks off preseason action in canton, ohio. the game starts at 8:00. all right. let's get another check of your weather right now. sheena, we need to take the umbrella, just in case, right? >> you need another tote umbrella in your bag. it's going to be dry most of the day. isolated shower chances. starting off, 75 degrees, mild outside. coming

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witness the sight of a lifetime. a total solar eclipse. now it's the time to order special glasses to protect your eyes. scientists are warning. heads up here. fake glasses are flooding the market. experts say real eclipse glasses need iso safety standards and will say so on the label. they should be less than three years old and you shouldn't be able to see anything through them except the sun. let's send things to sheena parveen in storm team 4 weather. sheena, we've got to be ready for summertime weather. august could be tricky, you know. >> august weather. we're still technically in summer. the eclipse, august 21st, by the way, if you're wondering when the eclipse is locally. we'll see about 80% of the sun covered shortly after 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon. we'll be catching it closely. for today, we have another hot and humid day. afternoon thunde

it doesn't look widespread, but we'll see a few out there today. great weekend, though. we have a cold front moving through this weekend. the humidity will be dropping saturday afternoon and sunday it's going to be really nice and then we have a rainy return to the next workweek. we're not going to think about that. 67 in lay tonsville this morning. 73 in washington. prince george's county, mostly around 70 degrees. 69 up in marlboro and morning side. if you're exercising today, this morning looks good. 75 degrees around 7:00, 8:00 a.m. by noon, close to 90. into the low 90s with a couple isolated thunderstorms on the map. locally dry. a few overnight showers. you could call them overnight mainly. those moved away. future weather. through 4:00 p.m., we could see a couple showers or storms clear up. into the evening, we could see a few more. your beach forecast for this weekend, not looking too bad.

degrees. inland, mid-80s with the lower humidity. we'll take a closer look at the forecast coming up in a bit. sounds good. thank you so much, sheena. if you have a ton of credit card debt, we have a warning for you. solicitations over the phone promising relief may end up putting you deeper in the hole. news 4's consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you revealing the disturbing tactics. >> nbc4 responds to a district heights mom who is trying to give her daughter a better life. when she got a call to lower her credit card interest rate, she jumped at the chance and unfortunately, she jumped too quickly. >> the sounds much police sirens are pretty common around renee brooks and her daughter's neighborhood. so this mom wants to move to someplace safer. but before she can, she's got to get rid of her credit card debt. high interest rates are killing her. >> 21 and up. 21

rings off the hook with stupid robo calls. >> normally, i don't answer. >> one day, she did. >> there was someone on the other end and they said that this is not a debt collector. this is someone trying to lower your interest rates. >> the caller said she worked for edge care center services and told renee she would contact her credit card company for her to negotiate a lower rate. she put renee on hold. a few minutes later broke the bad news. they called capital one, they did call one of them to see if they would lower the interest rate. they denied it. but wait, the caller had something else to offer. >> but the something else was an additional card. >> that's right. another card. 0 poers interest rate for 14 months. >> i was like no. >> but the caller was persistent and not only convinced her to get the card and put her on a payment plan and

account. you can just try it, if you don't like it, you can cancel it at any time. >> when she tried two days later, she was told the fee was nonrefundable. that's when she contacted nbc4 responds. thankfully, her bank agreed to block the withdrawals and renee blocked the calls from the company. according to the federal trade commission, the irony of this type of debit relief scam, renee could have called the customer service number on the back of her credit card and with a little patience and persistence had her interest rates lowered for free. >> it's really interesting, just last month the ftc closed the book on companies like the one after renee and not only did they impose financial judgments against credit member services, the ftc banned most of the defendants from ever offering debt relief services again. back to you guys. >> we always have to be on the ok

drivers in northern virginia, the change you may notice on your drive in to work this morning. if you're just joining us, we continue to follow the breaking news where a

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we have great news for you if you are one of the thousands of drivers who use route 1 in fairfax county. you will have an easier commute between jeff cot way and telegraph road. yesterday they cut the ribbon. it's six lanes. dedicated bike lanes and signals. news 4 i-team, uncovered another teacher slipping through the cracks. this team a failure by a local child

allowed a teacher sexually abusing a student in a different school district. the i-team's scott mack far land has more. >> the long time school teacher was never arrested he committed sexual misconduct with an elementary school student. a news 4 investigation found the same teacher managed to get a new job in a different district for three years. our investigation found the child protective agency failed to notify the school district what they found and failed to revoke the man's teaching license giving him access to more kids. >> it took three years for anyone to revoke the man's license. is that acceptable? >> i think that sometimes serious

allowing someone to continue to work and have access to other children is just a very egregious situation because we have the safety of children to consider. >> tonight at 6:00 as part of our news 4 i-team investigation, how that mistake happened and the broader loophole in virginia law that could put more kids at risk. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. it's now 4:25. we're going to send things over to aaron and eun with the latest on the breaking news from the top of the hour. >> good morning, molette. thank you. kwe begin with breaking news right now. a firefighter is in critical condition this morning. this is where it all happened on f street northwest. >> a 28-year-old firefighter was hit by a fire vehicle as he rushed to help put out some flames at this house fire. a communications officer for d.c. fire tells us this

another vehicle. we expect to get an update on his condition within the next hour. we have team coverage on this at the hospital and the fire scene. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. more on that in a minute. you can check the nbc washington app for updates if you're getting ready to head out the door. >> we want to get you up to speed on your weather and traffic. jack taylor milling in for melissa while she's on maternity leave and sheena parveen is here. >> temperatures are mild outside this morning right now. another morning like yesterday morning. no rain around. that's the good news to start your day. later this afternoon, you might want the tote umbrella with you. isolated storms in the forecast again. 69 gaithersburg. 68 degrees in clinton. 78 dulles. here's what you can expect going through your thursday. by lunchtime, heating up to close to 90 degrees. another hot, humid one this afternoon.

thunderstorms into the evening hours. nice changes for the weekend. i'll show you that straight ahead. now let's go to jack taylor with a look at the roads. >> sheena, thank you again. thank you for a dry start on the beltway. should find nothing in your way this morning. off intertate 270, 95 bw parkway. the rock creek parkway, crews still working in northwest at the kennedy center. traffic alternating one lane at a time. the left lane is getting by each way. the bay bridge, work zone closed overnight. they are just in the process of reopening everything. you have three lanes west and two lanes east soon enough by the time you get to the bridge. back to you. >> jack, thank you. it's 4:27. we want to get back to that breaking news. a firefighter is this critical condition this morning. >> let's get to molette green with the latest on this. molette? >>

overnight. this firefighter was not hurt in the fire. the communications director tells us he was struck by a fire truck on the scene. this is on f street northeast. the h street neighborhood there. d.c. fire and ems telling us the fire burned a row house. the first floor and the porch. it was a heavy fire. but it did not affect the adjacent home. no one else was hurt and the fire is out. we expect an update in about an hour. back to you. >> molette, thank you. another firefighter was injured at a house fire in vanburen street and northwest. flames broke out in the basement of a home there at 1:00 this morning. the firefighter was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. a firefighter worked to put out flames at a home early this morning as well on buchanan street. two d.c. police officers were hurt as well. one person is in s

d.c. fire said that fire is now under control. horrifying scene in northern virginia. a mother and two children allegedly held prisoner in their own home for years. >> the father of those two children is behind bars this morning. spotsylvania county deputies arrested moore on saturday. news 4's jackie bensen spoke with neighbors and asked if they ever saw anything suspicious. >> reporter: these houses just off a busy road. but it's not near any other home. take a look. every single window and door is covered over with some type of blanket or other covering to keep people from being able to see inside, to keep them from being able to see what was going on here. >> i have never seen that lady or those kids since they moved into that house and that was before last summer. because the grass was really tall. >> a nearby resident who asked not to be identified. --

handicapped, i told my husband i saw a lady and i saw her walk but i've never seen her since then. i assumed that he was living there by himself. >> the sheriff's office said deputies were called to the home saturday to check on the welfare of the family. they say moore was reluctant to allow them into the home. while they were speaking to him out front, a woman and two children, ages 8 and 11, ran out of the side door. the woman told deputies a shocking story, that moore, believed to be the father of the children, had held them captive in the home, refusing to allow them to leave for two years. he's been charged with multiple counts of abduction, felony adu assault and battery. >> real estate records show moore was not the owner of this home but it's not clear whether or not he was renting it. >> in fredericksburg, jackie bensen, news 4. n