heading into the 10:00 hour here on "news4 today," we have a tragedy in a church parking lot. two elderly people hit by a car. we will tell you what investigators are recovering as the couple recovers in the hospital. and then the military is af a plane crashes. good sunday morning. thank you so much for sticking it out with us. i am adam tuss. >> i am megan fitzgerald in for angie goff. we are in store for a nice day ahead. >> that's right. lauryn ricketts is here to tell us more about if we can break out the grill today. >> oh, definitely. you could have broken out the grill last night and definitely for today. the grilling, you may have to put it away for tomorrow because we

some could be strong all throughout the day tomorrow. not your typical afternoon storms. we have them tomorrow morning as well. it looks like the clouds are starting to break up. i know we have cloud cover out there but it's starting to break up, and we will have sunshine through the day. notice the wind, not as breezy as it was yesterday either. clouds moving in and out as we continue through the day, and they will increase later on. we have rain later tonight, and we will time out the rain chances and let you know when we can expect stronger storms and where those locations will be coming up in a bit. >> thank you. now to the developing story. d.c. police stayed busy overnight going from robbery to robbery. >> news4's darrick ward is live. >> reporter: this happened over a 4 1/2 hour span. take a look at the map. you can see most of the crimes that were reported, these ro

spread north and south. the first one started at 9:08 in the 1600 block of pickford place, and then another one at howard road southeast at 11:00, and in this case the suspect was on an orange scooter. and then an hour later, 1300 block of alabama avenue, another robbery, and then 15 minutes later, another one, and then the last one happened at 1:37 in the 1300 block of corbin place, and the distinction here, the first one and the last one were robberies had violence. live outside police headquarters, darrick ward, news4. an elderly couple is in stable condition after being hit by a car after attending a funeral service. >> the

83-year-old woman were hit in a church parking lot in bethesda. here's the video. on the ground, a cane, shoes and a pair of glasses. >> people who live nearby say there's a lot of traffic in this area. >> you got to be careful, yeah, because it's a busy street here. this street is a busy street, but i am surprised it happened inside the parking lot. people should be looking. i don't know. i don't know what to say. >> the couple was attending a funeral for the church's former minister. police towed away the car and the driver did stay on scene. and then taking action after one of their officers wore a t-shirt some call racist. the officer here in this picture is on desk duty and banned from having any interactions with the

the officer was an arresting officer in a gun possession case, and the police chief calls that shirt disgraceful. and then searching for a suspect in a rare homicide case. a man was found dead on rhode island avenue near the mt. rainier public library. this happened on saturday. the small town is just across the d.c. line. police say it has been four and maybe even five years since they last investigated a homicide in mt. rainier. long-time residents say they are shocked and say their community is like a family. >> a lot of people don't know where we are. this community was like a family, brentwood, and we were all a family. >> the man's identity has not yet been released. and then a deadly crash happened at a d.c. gas station, and we are told the driver is in custody and the passenger is dead. the driver hit a parked car and ran away from the

then officers eventually caught up with the driver. you can see here on florida avenue the sign down, and police have not released any identities. the u.s. called off a search and rescue mission for three u.s. marines. they went missing saturday after their plane crashed off the coast of australia while trying to land and now it has turned into a recovery mission. military officials say the marines were in an aircraft like the one you see there that crashed on its final approach to an american aircraft carrier. there were 26 people onboard, and 23 were rescued. the marines' next of kin have been notified. and then some are calling the bombing of a mosque an attack on their community. the fbi believes the blast was from an improvised explosive device, and nobody was injured. a motive in that bombing and whether or not it was a hate crime has not yet been

72-hour cease-fire in baltimore stopped short with two killings yesterday. police say a 24-year-old man was shot around 5:00, and a 37-year-old man was shot just before 10:00 last night. activist called for the cease-fire to last through sunday with the goal of ending a wave of violence in the city. before yesterday, 208 homicides were reported in baltimore this year, and that number is now at 210. after a push for peace in the city is over. and then a man was hit and killed by a driver, and yesterday his family was presented with a memorial ghost bike, and the family plans to place it at the crash scene. back in june a driver hit johnson as he was riding his bike. the driver stopped for a moment and then kept going. the family is pleading for that driver to come forward.

>> we all have a conscience as to what kind of repercussions we have to deal with, and i do believe we will find the person. >> we are looking for closure. if the driver could just come up and apologize, that would be great for my family. >> if you have any information that could help police with the case, they want to hear from you. the family has a gofundme set up, and you can find a link to that page and an nbc washington app, just search "burgess johnson." and then lauryn is tracking showers and how soon the humidity can return. and then a scare in the air, and how the airline is

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your flight. ten people were hurt due to severe turbulence after landing on their flight on american airlines from athens yesterday. firefighters arrived on the tarmac to check passengers when the plane landed. three passengers and seven crew members went to the hospital. american airlines said the fasten seat belt sign was on at the time of the turbulence. people in new orleans are bracing for another day of rain. take a look at this heavy rainfall left behind. residents are stranded. a lot of folks, taking a boat like that guy. officials say more than eight inches of rain fell and some places saw a rate of two inches per hour and emergency officials say they responded to more than two dozen calls. let's look outside. a beautiful sunday on tap. storms are going to have an impact later on today and in the workweek. lauryn

as well. ♪ ♪ strike up the band and make history. how a group of veterans are being honored this weekend and the remarkable

all weekend long a unique group of world war ii veterans are being honored for their service. they were s

african-americans to serve in the u.s. navy. >> absolutely. they also took the music of the 1940s and brought it around the world. amy cho introduces us to the navy b1 band. >> when you spent years in a band you can't help but sing along. ♪ ♪ >> it was 75 years ago that these navy band members marched to the beat of their own drums. they were among the first african-americans to serve during world war ii. >> during that time, if you were black you had limited opportunities. >> i always wanted to be somebody. i always wanted to be somebody, and if you want to call it being a pioneer, i feel good about it. >> today they are marking a new first, a first ever trip to see the museum of the navy. while they are at it, to be the stars of the show once more. >>

being recognized after these years, many years, it's just beautiful. >> by 3 1/2 years couldn't have been better spent, and if i had to do it again i would be glad to do it. we played our part just like everybody else did to really help to win world war ii. >> they played their part in the band and in the books of history. >> this is a great honor for us. it's just great. >> amy cho, news4. >> so sweet. a beautiful story. today the b1 vets will be recognized at a morning service and then be honored with a reception. >> very cool, and love that music, too. >> it's a good day for them, too. >> oh, my gosh. we do have cloud cover here in d.c.

nitpicky. >> i think people are just all right with it. i was saying it's sunny, and it will get more sunny as we head to midday. we are seeing cloud cover in d.c., and we are going to get sunshine midday and then see clouds later on. first i want to show you, and i want to show viewer pictures, and this is a new baby alert. these are my good friends, and i was at the hospital with them yesterday, and josh and blair holmes welcomed william wade and he came yesterday, and so congratulations to blair and josh. i felt bad because i told blair yesterday, and she had to be inside, and i was looking out the window at the hospital yesterday and said, i got to go. 68 at dulles. 70 in frederick right now. it's a little on the cool side mainly because we have that

cloud cover. as we continue through the day, the city open finals, it's going to be bright as times as we head through the noon hour. as we head through the 3:00 and 5:00, looking good and pleasant and not as windy as yesterday. if you are headed down to the city open, last day for it, and great day for it. looking at the radar right now, you can see a little bit of cloud cover on the satellite imagery coming across the area, so we will have clouds and sun. i believe we will have the sun midday with low to mid-80s, and not as breezy out there and low humidity. one of my favorite activities in virginia, it's not going to be too hot to head to the vineyards. and comfortable for fares aroird the area. we are going to have rain through the day on monday. comfortable out there today. humidity starts to roll back in overnight, and tomorrow will not be rainy but muggy and then the humidity rolls back down for tuesday and wednesday.

the 70s. you are going to have rain showers early tomorrow morning and then they will continue all the way through tomorrow night. again, i can't rule out a few showers after about 8:00 p.m. today. mainly west of town -- 8:00 p.m. tonight, and then after daybreak tomorrow we will up the chance all day tomorrow until 80%. this is not your typical afternoon summertime thunderstorms, we will have them all day and strong ones could be east of i-95 tomorrow. once they get out of here later, we are looking better for your tuesday. for your monday morning commute, might want to plan ahead for your morning commute. we will talk about any severe weather tonight, and then the humidity drops on tuesday and wednesday and isolated chances of storms later in the week. >> thank you. it's a bit empty here in d.c. with congress on break, and president trump on vacn.

are far from over. let's bring in moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. august is a notoriously slow month. >> i never subscribe to slow months. when you cover politics, and i can't tell you how many times in august, it's slow in washington, and then boom. we are looking back at this, where you have this august for presidents, and the unique problem with this president is he left town with a lot of to tout, and no legislative agenda. politically his base is stronger than ever, and on that front he left town on an upbeat note, and the russia investigation continues to expand. what i will be curious about in watching this vacation is does he handle the down time okay or does she feel the need to insert himself into the news with a tweet h

so far, he's been fairly reserved. ask me again at the end of the week. >> do we think -- what can we expect during this typically slow season, if you will? >> i think it's regrouping time. right? this is part of the reason what we are doing the show on today, it's sort of -- it's blatantly obvious that we have a mess on our hands in the two republican parties, and you have a democratic party that the demographics are all on their side and can't win elections, and they are empty vessels right now, and each side is trying to regroup in different ways, and we have the jeff flake coming out and we are talking to him today. he's blaming trump's character and other issues on the republican party, and we will talk to jerry brown about what ales the democratic

for, and they know what they are against but don't know what they are for. >> how significant is the north korea threat? >> it's sec traerplly significant if the chinese follow-through. they voted for the santions and that's huge, and the question is will they enforce them? this could have huge teeth on them. and it's the chinese they do the most business with, and they have to enforce the sanctions. kudos to nikki haley to get the chinese to vote for this, and not just abstain. that's a big deal. >> a big show coming up in ten minutes. a reminder, you can see "meet the press" every sunday at0:30 right 1he

kids in prince georges county will have a better start to the school year thanks to the community support. yesterday's stuff-a-bus event was a big success. all the supplies will go to children in the county's school system. officials tell us they hope to stuff 10,000 backpacks by the end of the month. >> it's important to give back to the community. how many of our students do not have a backpack? simple supplies. we want them to start the school year off successful. >> you will have another chance to donate next

event will be held at wegmans between 11:00 a.m. and thr3:00 . i want to congratulate a local high school student. >> yes, a 17-year-old can now add microsoft champion to his resume. how many people can say that? >> not me. >> he was also awarded 7,000 bucks. the competition was held in anaheim, california, last week and after the awards ceremony he spoke about the achievement and offered words of wisdom to other students. >> somebody will always be out there while you are not doing anything, somebody will be working, and you want to be that person working so strive for excellence and work and do your best everyday. >> he currently works at a chick-fil-a, that's great, and he hopes to one day become a ceo of a company. >>

that >> he's well on his way. congratulations to him. here are the four things you need to know. an elderly couple recovering after being hit by a car in a parking lot after a funeral service. at last check the 86-year-old man and 83-year-old woman are in stable condition. prince georges county police are searching for a murder suspect. an unidentified man was found dead in mt. rainier yesterday. police say it has been years since the town's last homicide investigation. the u.s. military in a recovery mission for three u.s. marines that went missing yesterday after their plane crashed into the sea off the coast of australia while trying to land. and then new sanctions approved for north korea. we have a pretty nice sunday on tap, lauryn. you dialed up a nice

trying to do. and i will let sheena and chuck deal with tomorrow morning when we have rain showers. plan that for your morning and evening commute, and today most of the day low to mid-80s, and then the humidity rolls back in tomorrow. the humidity falls again for tuesday and wednesday. >> it's a touch of fall in the air this morning. >> that's great. that's going to do it for "news4 today" this morning. >> "meet the press" isoming up c

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morgan stanley this sunday, another tumultuous week in washington. >> anthony wants general kelly to be able to operate fully with a clean slate. >> a white house staff shake-up. congress leaves town after getting nothing done. the russia investigation expands again. this time to include grand juries. and president trump continues to call it, all of it, a hoax. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. >> it all sounds so familiar. so why do we keep having weeks like this? this morning our broken politics, two parties searching for their identities. the republicans -- >> i