the most obvious reason, our proximity to the federal government. >> and that makes it easier for companies to get contracts. we also have several top tier schools training people for tech jobs. and yelp said it is opening an office in d.c. because of the t diverse talent pool and proximity to other cities. where i live, there is a google i've and a startup ib could ync. stay with us. news 4 "today" continues at 5:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun yang. first things first, we want to get a check on your weather and traffic. >> let's start outside with chuck and sheena and a look at the weather. >> beautiful morning outside today. the folks that care of the lawn have been actively mowing and trimming and is t. smells like fresh grass. >> i

>> and the smell is for warning sign to repredators. you didn't pay attention to my story. >> just kidding. i saw it and you. >> right. 50s and 60s outside early on a thursday morning. a great day to be outside today full of sunshine this morning. there will be some extra cloud cover coming in later on in the day, but we will be dry in the d.c. metro area for today. a lot of big games going tonight. nationals and marlin, game four in a four game series. it will be a great night for baseball and if you are making the ride to battle between the beltways, redskins and ravens, 7:30 tonight on nbc 4. so if you are not going to the game where i'm sure it would be sold out, if you are watching it, a great nice watch football. and if you're going to the game, it will be a great night to be there. >> i like watching it on tv because i can see more.

all those zooming lessons does help. and let's go over to jack taylor, see if he's more redskins or ravens. >> definitely a redskins and always remember when you are watching at home, no line at the bathroom. very big. 70 west bubound toward hagersto they have only the right lane getting by. so potential for a slow down oi. and crews still at the rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. traffic alternates. they usually wrap about 6:00 or 6:15. united we stand, guiddivide fall about that. >> more calls for community actsity vichl since a d.c. police officer with l. not be charge fod killing an

black man. about a dozen protested last night. the u.s. attorney announced he said not charge officer brian trainer. >> and this case is getting attention from all over the country. #terrence sterling friended. and justin finch is live with more on what happens next. >> reporter: good morning. we know d.c. police will soon begin an internal investigation, a look for themselves at the sterling case to see if any procedures were broken by the officer involved in this deadly shooting. ♪ we ain't going to stop till our people are free ♪ >> reporter: those gathered held signs and candles assuming him a supporting him and his family near where he was shot and they denounced the u.s. attorney office call to now proceed wit

31-year-old motorcyclist last september after he crashed in to train trainer's cruiser in northwest. key in this case, body camera footage. we know officer trainer turned his camera on after the shooting. mayor bowser spoke about that and the u.s. attorney's decision. >> i am now as i was then very upset that we didn't have the benefit of that footage to tell us what happened. >> reporter: the mayor also said that the mpd has asked for trainer to resign. she also said this led to a further push for the department to get body cameras on as many officers as possible. >> and justin, after this sterling shooting, any word on what also police are doing to make sure officers have those cameras turned on when they are supposed to be? >> reporter: well, very interestingly here, the mayor also said that dispatchers are now

calls to activate those cameras, a way to guarantee that as you where going out on to the streets, they are turning those cameras on. back into you. >> justin finch for us live this morning. thank you. 5:05. and covering the district, take a look at this crash. we're working to find out what caused the driver to run into this row house in georgetown. it happened last night near the intercession of q and 23rd northwest. we know nobody was hurt, so that is the good news. and we're told that there is no strusk structural problems with the homes. devastation in silver spring. one year ago, rescue crews were on the scene of a four story apartment building explosion. >> families were sleeping when it exploded and in seconds lives were turned upside down. megan mcgrath is live where the incident

violent explosion that changed lives forever. if you look behind me here, you can see the fence that stands there, the apartment building was just on the other side of it. and it has not yet been rebuilt here. after the explosion, there was all kinds of debris in the trees. the blast so extreme that it actually blew debris and clothing and other things all wait across to the back of this parking lot located across the street here. in the hours that followed as people searched for a loved ones, there was tremendous emotion including a reunion that happened between two frantic parents searching for their infant child. listen in. >> thank you, thank you! >> reporter: not every story though had a happy ending like that. seven people including

nearly 40 people were injured in this incident. federal investigators still trying to figure out the exact cause of the blast, but certainly a violent explosion here preceding the fire. now, one year later, investigators still piecing things together. first responders who came here to the scene and worked tirelessly to save lives, this really was a career-defining moment. >> you have career-changing events, events that you do remember always. this will be one of them. >> reporter: and so one year later, there is going to be a vigil tonight actually here in the parking lot where i stand. that will be taking place at 7:30. back to you. >> you and i were both out there in the hours after this happened last year. we know that there were a lot of people who complained about having their complaints unheard for months prior to that explosion. wh

help folks who live in this area? >> reporter: right, we heard immediately after this explosion people saying that they had smelled gas in the area and that is still a part of this investigation. montgomery county in the wake of this incident, they have added additional building inspectors, those folks will be focusing on the worst plots properties fir. also ten thant advocate positions have been added to the office of consumer protection so people have a place where they can go if they have concerns and express they wilm. also there are measures interpreters to emergency situations fast ir because that was an issue as well. there was a language barrier that made it difficult for some people to access health and services. >> megan mcgrath live for us in silver springs. thank you. we have more in our nbc washington

silver spring. right now the world is watching the tensions rise between north korea and the u.s. kim jong-un's regime says it plans to fire four missiles toward guam possibly before the end of this month. the pentagon says it already has plan for a preemptive strike on north korea's missile strikes if president trump orders an att k attack. this comes afters president warned the north that threats would be met with fire and fury. in guam yesterday, secretary of state rex tillerson said traditional diplomacy just won't work. >> what the president is doing is sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jong-un would understand. because he didn't seem to understand dip llomatic languag. >> tillerson said he doesn't think there is an immediate threat. on bbc radio, one of president trump's deputy assistants said that the u.s. would use any

itself. negotiate, don't escalate. >> if you were driving past the white house yesterday, you may have seen these protesters, asking for dehe is came deescalation. and other demonstrators held a similar protest in new york. he was fired for poor leadership and now former director of veterans affairs hospital is back on the payroll. brian hawkens was fired after audits found mismanagement at the facility. he appealed the decision to the merit systems protection board. that board is requiring the v.a. to keep him on as an employee until his claim is reviewed. for now hawkens has been resumed to admin stwraistrative duty at headquarters. hail to the redskins. turn on nbc 4 tonight when the redskins astronaut are a to work in their first preseason

the team is headed out to balt moore to take on the ravens. >> a the game set for 7:30. shomari stone will be there covering it for us. >> he will be pumped. training camp is closed today and tomorrow, but you can go again this weekend. some people go every day. >> and of course we do have your front row seat for tonight's game. kickoff set for 7:30 right here on nbc 4 after that, catch the first of four episodes of snl weekend edition summer -- weekend update summer edition and of course all that followed by news 4 at 11:00. sorry to report, but it looks like inno winner again wi the powerball jackpot. so that means you still have a chance to rake in a big pot of money. the next drawing is saturday night. the estimated jackpot now at $356 million. don't

mi mega millions. that next drawing tomorrow night, that jackpot has gone up to $382 million. and you said it's probably going -- >> yeah, people usually keep buying tickets right before the jackpot is announced, they usually get bigger. so we'll see. somebody will win eventually. 5:12. one thing we are winning today, the weather. >> yes, we are. the weather will be another beautiful one today. just like yesterday really. so if you loved yesterday, you will love today. we're starting out with 69 right now in washington, it is very comfortable. it will be a nice afternoon really do anything. the rain chances though, those start to go up tomorrow and could impact your weekend. we'll take a look at that coming up. it is supposed to be the sight of the century even for people who are blind. how they can experience the upcoming solar eclipse. they are a lifesaver for anyone

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hearings continue in timothy piazza's death who died after a night of drinking at a penn state fraternity house in february. 18 of his frat brothers are facing charges for not calling for help after prosecutors say they understood that piazza needed medical attention. ♪ a community in cliclinton, missouri is remembering an officer who died on the job. it's a vigilant imfor officer gary michael. michael was killed during a traffic stop. the suspect was captured yesterday. here at the live desk, we're keeping a close eye on mexico where in the last five minutes, hurricane frank lynn hlined has back into a tropical storm. franklin made landfall as a category 1 hurricane after initially coming across the yucatan peninsula. it had maximum winds

per hour and hit an area that is prone to flash floods and mudslides. franklin could drop 4 to 8 inches of rain before it moves on. you've heard of wedding and baby registries. >> and this is the newest trend for soon to be college students. consumer reporter susan hogan shows us short cuts to dorm shopping that will help your family be ready for the new school year. i am sending xhid kids off college, so it only makes sense that we make the transmission go as smoothly as possible especially on move-in day. it's go time, parents spend 18 years prepping for this big moment. college move-this d in day. if you want to save space in your trunk, create a registry temperature target and

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the next few weeks to make sure your family is ready for school. you can find susan's stories as well in the nbc washington app, search ready 4 school. >> things are so easy now. i remember going one store to the other to the other to get a certain color butterfly claire. a chair. now get somebody else to buy it for you. so many of us are getting ready for the total solar eclipse. >> and nasa wants everyone to be able to experience the event. so they created a book for a people who are blind. the book is only two pages, but it explains exactly how the eclipse works. and it describes the geometry of it all, the positions of the sun, the ertz as well earth as . >> and some people said they have light sensitivity and they are hoping they can tell the difference. it will also be colder outside when the moon passes in front of the sun. so food for thought there as we head into this. speaking of food, krispy kreme will be going dark f

eclipse. check this out, for the first time ever, the doughnut company's original glazed doughnut will be eclipsed by chocolate glaze. look at this.nuts will be available august 21. you can get an early taste on saturday the 19th and sunday the 20th. >> best video of the morning. you were telling me that the path and a lot of the small towns, trying to get a hotel room? >> forget about it. >> $800 a night in a small town in kentucky. >> thand and that is the case it of places. charleston, south carolina, columbia, spartanburg, all completely booked up. and some of the inner mountain west out in wyoming, some of those places are going north of $1,000 a night. and better still, if you are going way west into parts of com coal or wyoming, you're m

there. a lot bigger risk of clouds cover during eclipse time especially across parts of the carolina because it is august. there will be enough moisture for cloud cover. anyway, we have a clear sky this morning. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. going to be a nice day to be outside. sun is up at 6:18, down at 8:09. all sunshine this morning. there will be more clouds by later on this evening. this area of rain across southern west virginia will try to sneak its way this to the shenandoah valley. the air mass over us is very dry. so all sunshine this morning. after we get towards mid and late parts of the day, your updating model is trying to crank out a rain chance in the i-81 corridor after about 3:00. i think rain chances for the most part though should hold off longer than that. here is the extended forecast. 86 today. bra rain likely tomorrow and early

saturday. and hit and miss thunderstorm chance on sunday. rainiest day of the next five likely to be monday. let's go over to jack taylor. howard county drivers on im i 70 leaving baltimore, as you head toward 97, there a crash with only left lane getting by. authorities are on scene. and leaving frederick, headed out toward hagerstown, 70 west before 17th, the emergency work zone with right lane getting by. and virginia early delays trying to come out towards gainesville. 29 northbound after 15, i believe only the left lane is getting by. and we already have a slowdown. they are two things you will probably love, oprah and when making dinner is quick and easy. how the two are now coming together. and remember to join us for the ellen degeneres show. ellen airs right heer

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yang. jack taylor is keeping an eye on the roadways. >> first let's check in with chuck bell and sheena parveen with a look at the forecast. >> good day to be out side. we were talking about the chuck e cheese thing 37>> best pizza ever. i think so. >> and you can help us at home. are you allowed to go -- like me as a single adult with no kids, am i allowed to go to chuck e cheese and eat pizza by himself? >> i don't think so. but i'm not sure. i heard you have to have a kid under a certain age with you. we'll find out, though. tweet chuck, tweet me. here is a temperature in the district. 69. 59 leesburg and manassas, 58 this gait. a beautiful start to the day. look at your pool forecast, fantastic. if you are heading to the pool, the shade or some sun block certainly. temperatures will be in the mid-80s. we comfortable, but the sun will be out. we'll take a look at the

chances for the weekend coming up. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning. 29 headed northbound, we had late clearing work zone that has caused major delays early as you head north of 15. only the right lane getting by. 70 westbound maryland, howard county before 97, exit 76, we have an accident. only the left lane getting by. crews are also on the freeway downtown eastbound working before the 3rd street tunnel blocking the left lane. hopefully they will clear quickly. unfortunately early problem on the rails. red line, trains are single tracking between takoma and silver spring. so plan ahead. ♪ in our top stories now, emotions are still raw after the us attorney decided not charge a d.c. police officer for shooting an unarmed black man. officer brian trainer killed terrence

d.c. last september. the officer said sterling intentionally hit their cruiser with his motorcycle. witnesses disputed that account. coming up, justin finch will explain why the mayor is calling for officer trainer to step down. today marks one year since the horrific apartment explosion this silver spring. two children were among the seven victims whose lives were lost and tonight you will haves chance to show support to those families at a vigil. megan mcgrath will have those details and a look back on the grim morning. and you have another shot at winning a powerball jackpot because there was no winner in last night's drawing. the jackpot for saturday now stands at an estimated $356 million. and tomorrow night's jackpot for mega millions is $2 $382 millio. tonight the redskins play the ravens. you can watch it here at 7:30. and in the

with a man who may be the team's biggest fan. this is just a sampling of what is in his house. molette green will show us how far he's gone to show off his love for the team. and tracee wilkins has been following this story for months. this week the former liquor board commissioner in the county was indicted by a federal grand jury. a new suit faces federal bribery charges. it's charged that he accepted bribes. he resigned from his position back in january. he faces 20 years in prison. st. mary's county is facing the opioid crisis by going after drug dealers and charging them with murder for overdose deaths. you're looking at eight suspected drug dealers who thousand face mans slau now face manslaughter charges. already this year the total

mary's county surpasses those in 2016 for the county. meanwhile, the office of national drug control policy says that the white house has not ruled out declaring a national emergency in this opioid crisis. florida there is still a lot of concern for the rookie firefighter who was seriously hurt after being hit by a fire truck last week. today dane smothers jr.'s family will give us an update. dane was attempting to help put out a fire when he was hit. he is still in the hospital. we were there yesterday as the community rallied ay ied around family. the scorched souls motorcycle club held a breakfast benefit. a gofundme page set up by smothers' family also surpassed its goal in just two days. if you would still like to donate, you can do that through the nbc washington app, just search smothers. this scam is really frightening. a couple lost more than a million dollars to a

they were targeted while trying to buy their new d.c. home. the couple's lawyer is easy that hackers actually broke into the server of a title company and then e-mailed the couple. even though the couple had already paid a $200,000 deposit, the e-mail said the couple needed to pay an additional $1.5 million. >> so they e-mailed back and said we notice this is a different account number and they got an e-mail back again from federal title saying you use a different account foot different types of payments. >> the couple sued the title company and in a written statement federal title told news 4 that it, quote, continues to work with the fbi as they complete their investigation as well as federal title's internal review has revealed that no other customers were affected by this attack, end quote. this might be the kind of burglar that you might openly welcome to your home maybe. arlington county police say somebody broke into somebody's apartment on claire done boulevard and cleaned

when it happened. things had been moved around a little bit, but nothing was missing apparently. the resident says that he doesn't have a cleaning person. and there is no suspect description. i feel like they know the person. the person was trying to send a message. >> you need help? >> without freaking them out. well, it's hard to keep our cars clean especially near construction zones. but this is a problem that won't scrub off. how news 4 is helping drivers stuck cleaning this tar trouble just ahead. and still ahead as well, an unusual white house visitor. one that is hard to miss. an inflatable chicken blown up on the lawn and it's photo goes

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we're used to dust maybe a rock or two hitting our dcar, b dozens were splattered with some gunk. >> and it happened on a stretch of minnieville road on tuesday. v to the saysdot says a paving put down a sealant this contains liquid asphalt, but it didn't dry before the rain. it sprayed more than 100 cars with a

>> like it was black road sbra co spray coming up and so i started to try to move away from other people. i thought it was dirt until i got to the car wash yesterday. >> so if your car was damaged, call vdot, they have a call center there, or you can go online. all the contact information we've put in our nbc washington app. search the word tar. it's a story that will make your skin crawl. the number of rats is on the rise. >> and now the news 4 iteam is finding out why there are more than ever and what is being done to get rid of all the rodents. and everybody will enjoy another quiet and dry start to a workday around here. temperatures in the 50s and 60s to get your thursday started. highs in the mid-80s. plenty of sunshine, but clouds will be increasing and rain chances are coming back by about the time the sun goes down particularly for our friends up in the shenandoah valley. the whole 10 day forecast coming up.

unfortunately a little rough this morning because of a late paving work zone 29 north after 15. you will find only a single right lane getting by. red line trains are single tracking between takoma and silver spring. >> reporter: i'm inside a man's basement with the super bowl xvii huddle. it's more like a museum than anything else. and you have to see it and you have to meet the man who has been collecting all of this stuff. has stuff on the ceiling, on the floor, on the walls. and right now i'm holding sonny jurgens

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the strike it's vowing and how soon. plus getting rid of rodents, what is being done to crack tdon on the growing rat problem. >> and we're live at the scene of a deadly apartment explosion. utter devastation there in silver spring one year ago. rescue crews were on the scene of a four story apartment building on this day last year. families were sleeping when those buildings exploded and in seconds lives were turned unless upside down. i saw it first hand. and the aftermath showed a charred apartment building here. today that building is gone along with the rooms families once called home. news 4 continues to work for you on this tragic story. megan mcgrath is live now where this happened with a look back at the past

>> reporter: certainly a devastating explosion. if you take a look behind me here, you can sees fence that thousand runs the block here on arliss street. behind the fence is where the apartment building once stood. that a look at the video in the afterma aftermath. seven people including two children died, nearly 40 people were hurt. residents and people in the area say that they smelled natural gas, but the ntsb has not yet determined the cause of the explosion. this happened just before midnight, many residents were in their beds when firefighters got to the kreecscene, they sprang action what was a very dangerous and difficult situation. >> not traditionally do you see an entire four story apartment building fully ablaze. maybe an apartment or two, maybe a floor, maybe the roof. but not the entire four stories, the entire

and tense situation and many lives were changed forever that night one year ago today. back to you. >> we know there a vigil planned to for tonight. what do people need to know if he wou they would like to go? >> reporter: there is a vigil tonight 7:30, that is when it starts, at the parking line on piney branch road across the street from the apartment complex. expected to last about two hours. folks are welcome to attend. it's open to the public. and people who lost loved ones, they are given the opportunity during this vigil to speak. >> megan mcgrath live for us in silver spring this morning. thank you. we were there in the hours immediately after the fire as well. and the residents trauma helped push the county council to pass a stalled landlord tenant bill that created tenant advocates and added inspectors to the housing department. the county also looked at how it responded to

revolved around communication. >> we recognized almost immediately not just that we needed to open a shelter, that got opened fast, but we made the recommendation that we would need a lot of language support, we would need crisis center communication folks. and also we have volunteers that are emergency emotional spirit all care volunteers. and we've activated those all that night. >> the ntsb took the lead on this investigation and we're still waiting for their report to explain exactly what led to this tragedy. 5:48. and the pentagon has a plan to deal with the situation that is rising -- the tensions rising in north korea. >> defense officials tell nbc news if president trump orders it, the u.s. will be ready to strike first. tracie potts live on capitol hill now. what does this plan look like? >> reporter: well, according to four military sources, the pentagon has b-1 bombers that they can fly within hundreds

and send missiles into hit nearly two dozen sites that have been identified as supply sites and missile launch sites. thatbackup plan though. a lot of military experts say that is not best way to go and would spark and immediate conflict with north korea. >> tracie potts, thank you. 5:49. and the inflatable chicken outside the white house has a lot of people talking this morning. we now know the motive behind this. the man wants president trump to release his tax returns. this sparked a lot of conversation on social media as you might imagine. the poultry prop appears to be the same one that visited d.c. back in april during the tax march. we checked with the national park service and the protesters did have a permit for that. learn more about the organizers on the nbc washington app. we've all seen them scurrying around and about on the streets and in

people out, rodents can actually have a serious impact on the city's infrastructure. jodie fleischer explains. >> reporter: it's no secret rodents are on the rise here in the d.c. area with nearly 3,000 complaints just this year and one of the leading experts told us they can cause big problems. you might not realize these holes are rat burrows. it can cause sidewalks and streets to crumble. >> i see it constantly. >> reporter: national park service already has about $850 million worth of projects needing funding. and some of the district's lush parks provide natural habitats for the pesky pests. at dusk, our cameras spotted them scurrying across the already cracked pavers. >> certainly if you have rats that are making it worse, adding to that tally, that is something that we're trying to avoid.

>> reporter: bait boxes line sidewalks and alleys across the district where cracked sidewalks with holes at either end can mean real trouble. >> they live down in here, dozens and incidence of them. >> reporter: coming up tonight, see how our expert rates d.c.'s rat control efforts and plus what you can learn from the methods they use. jodie fleischer, news 4 iteam. 5:51. sun starting to come up a little bit. another great day. >> hoping that most of the area stays dry. >> yes, we will stay nice and dry today. when you walk outside, you'll want to stay outside. and if you will be outside, wear the sun block. it will be another really nice one. here is your weather outlook for today. your commute nice and dry and you can put the windows down. another fantastic start to your thursday morning. and if you are heading to the pool, perfect day. just be in the shade or have the sun block on. uv index is still

if you have the drilling plagri nice and dry for that. and a nice evening walk, it will be comfortable outside. 69 is the temperature right now in the district. 59 dulles, winchester at 54. 59 manassas. 63 clinton. 63 in quantico. if you are exercising, this morning outside it will feel fantastic. sunny skies, very dry, 72 by 7:00 a.m. noon today, 83. by 5:00 p.m., still feeling nice. topping out around 86 degrees. this is future weather. we go through the day today, we stay dry. tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., you will notice a lot more clouds around. we could gave some showers pretty far off to the west, but overall we should be staying mainly dry for the morning drive. then we go through friday afternoon and evening, some showers and thunderstorms in your friday forecast and it will linger into saturday. saturday afternoon, we have showers and storms in the forecast as well. if you are heading to the beach, it will be the same case there, too.

storm chances across the weekend. the highest chance will be saturday. temperatures right around 80 degrees if you are heading to the beach. otherwise we'll be in the mid to upper 80s. monday will be pretty rainy across the area. so keep that in mind as we start off next week. after that though just in time for the middle of the week, nice weather. unfortunately that is not going to fall over our weekend. closer look coming up. let's check the roads with jack taylor. in virginia, 29 going north out of buck land heading toward gainesville, late clearing work. and only the right lane getting by. that scene hopefully will clear in the next 10, 15 minutes. virginia 95 northbound at prince william parkway, the being a in t activity in the right lane. 66 east, a crash on the right shoulder. in centreville, fire truck has left, so travel lanes are now available. red line riders on metro,

are single tracking because of late clearing track work because between takoma and silver spring. and new video here and all we can say is what a waste. a tractor trailer crashed on a highway in arkansas and it spilled 23r0e zfrozen pizza all the place. boxes piled up in every lane. if you take a closer look, you can see it's not delivery, it's digiorno. took a while to clean it up. nobody was hurt in the crash though. >> a shame. big project will be unveiled today in southeast washington. a bridge that many of you use every day is about to be replaced. mayor muriel bowser will unveil the design and time line for the new frederick

bridge. good morning. i'm jackie deangelis at cnbc. general motors is expanding its program which lets drivers rent cars by the week for raid hailing and other on nand servise demand services. it's launching in los angeles today and will come to washington, baltimore, boston, detroit and phoenix this fall. drivers will rent cars through an app and get insurance and unlimited miles. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm jackie deangelis. 5:55 right now. if you are thinking about getting a new job, you don't have to look much parts than the district of columbia. you live in one of the best places for people looking for jobs in the tech industry. in fact d.c. and baltimore both made the top five according to a relocation company cap relo. the company says seattle and san francisco have the most and

d.c. and baltimore. toronto rounds out the top five. the report said there are 40,000 tech jobs in the district alone. the most obvious reason, our proximity to the federal government. that makes it easier to companies to get contracts. we also have several top tier schools training people for tech jobs. just last week, yelp said it's opening an office in d.c. because of the area's diverse talents pool and again plorks imity to other cities. and a new stadium name as the verizon center is now the capital one arena. or we now know i should say. monumental sports and entertainment runs the arena, and they are investing $40 million to improve the fan experience inside they say. they released this video with the new name and signage and washington business journal estimated that the group could have gotten $5 million a year for naming rights. >> this is the second name change in about 20 years for that arena. you

called the verizon center the mci center. >> and we did a twitter poll, what will be the nickname. and verizon center was actually one of the nicknames. >> we'll still call it that. eagle bank arena? >> that's right. >> patriots center. >> exactly. next at 6:00, count do you know down to kick off,s redskins first preseason game with the man who says he is the ultimate fan. >> and we're live from his basement with more redskins souvenirs than you've ever seen. plus fired and then rehired. former head of the veterans hospital back on the job. why he's returning to work. and new this morning, a disturbing crime at a pre-teen sleepover. the attack on this little girl that put a 12-year-old in custody.

we're going to meet a monday who is the biggest fan of all. you will have to see his sanctuary to believe it. #. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun yang. we have good news in the forecast. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen outside to fill us in. >> a beautiful morning outside. skies mostly clear anyway. >> yeah, now that the suchb is come sun is coming up, it looks pretty good and feels good, too. >> and