in the exact same place. terrifying video just in after a man leads police on a chase and climbs a crane. we just learned how the situation ended. and hate to break it to you, but you still have to go to work this morning. how much the powerball jackpot now sits at after nobody won last night's drawing. we hate to be the bearer of bad news. good morning everybody. i'm erika gonzalez. thanks for waking up with us this morning. all right. let's get to chuck and a look at what you face as you head out the door this morning. chuck, we got some good rain last night, didn't we? >> we have raindrops to be dealt with early on a thursday morning. not everybody got rain. my place in downtown washington was rain-free. there's a band of showers between quantico and woodridge. some of our co-workers

fredericks berg said there was a nice dousing coming in. western charles county getting in on the rain. rain chances will be highest over the next couple of hours for southern prince george's county and farther southbound into southern maryland. rain chances from route 50 northbound are fairly low here for the first part of the day. but rain chances increase for everybody later on. we'll show you that part of the forecast coming up. thank you, sir. today friends and family will start to stay goodbye to the troopers killed. berke bates and jay cullen died heading to the site of the violent rally. a visitation for trooper bates is happening today in richmond, virginia. friends and family will come together tomorrow for trooper cull cullen. his service is also being held in richmond. the outpouring of support has been huge for the friends and

city of charlottesville. hundreds of people took to uva's campus for a candlelight vigil against hate and violence. the violent clashes on saturday took place off campus and on city streets. after the moment of silence, folks in the crowd sang songs to come together in peace. earlier wednesday, another crowd along with family and friends honored heather heyer at a memorial service in charlottesville. heyer was killed when a man drove a car into a crowd protesting the white nationalist rally. virginia governor terry mcauliffe wants the confederate monuments in virginia gone. the governor says they're barriers to equality. but he doesn't have the power to relocate them on his own. news 4's jackie bensen is near a confederate statute in old town alexandria with more on what happens next. >> reporter: the question was

terry mcauliffe as he left funeral services for charlottesville victim heather heyer. hours later the governor recommended just that. in a statement reading in part as we attempt to heal and learn from the tragic events in charlottesville, i urge them to take down the monuments and relocate them to museums or more appropriate settings. >> we need to remove all signs that separate us and look for things that unite us as one america. >> many in the d.c. area are familiar with this sculpture titled appomattox in old town alexandria. it was erected in 1889 to commemorate citizens who died in the civil war. for some time now, the city has been working to come up with a plan to remove it to a nearby museum. those we spoke to hope the governor's request will speed up that process. >> well, i think i

time. statues are for people who win war and do great things. this man risked his life to preserve immorality -- >> reporter: richmond has called for the relocation of that city's confederate statues. jackie bensen, news 4. now to a story you'll see only on news 4 on the heels of charlottesville. the only african-american member of president trump's cabinet has found himself the target of anti-trump vandals. somebody wrote an expletive about the president. in the past carson says a neighbor displayed a confederate flag outside their home to taunt him. the hud secretary admits being the target of hate doesn't feel good and says violence isn't the answer. >> you can't necessarily control, you know, the animosity and the hatred of someone else. but you can control how you

several times if he thought president trump's response to the deadly protest in charlottesville displayed the leadership the country needs and he said, he doesn't want to point fingers about who should have done what. we are following some breaking news from south korea where that country's president is hoping to jump-start diplomacy with the north. the president considers he would consider sending a special envoy to begin talks in north korea. but the north would have to stop its missile and nuclear tests. he declared there would be no second war on the korean peninsula. despite the threat from north korea, it is back to school for students in guam. all 41 public schools opened for the new school year today. the territory's education superintendent says his main concern has been helping parents and teachers have conversations with students to ease any possible anxiety. last week, north korea threatened

guam. but recently backed off those threats. the truck driver involved in a large human trafficking case has been indicted by a federal grand jury. the charges against james bradley jr. carried the possibility of the death penalty. at least 39 people were trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer when it was found in san antonio last month. ten people died, including a 19-year-old who graduated from jeb stuart high school in falls church. he was deported and was trying to get back to his family in the united states. right now the fbi is taking the lead in the search for a missing 16-year-old girl in virginia. we showed you tomisha johnson's picture earlier this week. she was last seen august 5th. she's 5'4", black hair, brown eyes wearing a black hoodie,

if you have seen her, please call police. get the office pools ready again because nobody hit the powerball jackpot last night. take a look at the winning numbers on your screen there. 9, 15, 43, 60, 64. that powerball of 4. the jackpot know grows to $510 million. the next drawing is saturday. good luck. and on the weather front, we're continuing to follow a chance anyway for some rain showers today and tomorrow. a large cold front moving across the upper midwest. that promises to knock some of the humidity out of here in time for your outdoor plans this weekend. but between now and then, we do have at least two, maybe three chances for rain. i'll help you time out the chances coming right up. car chases aren't anything new in l.a., okay? but this

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welcome back everybody. it's 4:11. let's look at the stories we're

a car chase in l.a. overnight we learned a man fell off a crane to his death. police say they -- the chase started when officers spotted the man driving a stolen suv. as you can see, he was driving recklessly on the shoulder of the highway. he eventually drove to the port of los angeles, climbed the crane and took off his clothes. hours into the standoff, the man fell 160 feet to his death. oh, that pitch is a little bit outside. uncomfortable for a lot of people at a park in boston. especially for that photographer. if you are wondering, he's okay. the first pitch was made by -- everybody laughing here. by a bone cancer survivor and high schooler jordan leander. he's been having fun with

to make things worse, i'm a pitcher. a canadian woman who lost her diamonte engagement ring 13 years ago got it back. she lost it in her garden. but it was actually found on a carrot that was harvested from that same garden. the 84-year-old woman put it back on her finger. still fits. all right. this morning storm team 4 meteorologist chuck belichicking in with you to see if we need umbrellas. >> you need the umbrella for sure. rain chances will increase again later on in the afternoon. but as you step out the door here, if you live from woodridge to quantico to port tobacco in charles county, colonial beach, raindrops will impact your very early parts this morning. however, everyone has a better chance for storms later on today. could be that close to 90 degrees

sheena will be teaming up with me at 4:26 and we'll be looking at the eclipse forecast. thank you, sir. then we told you about it earlier this week. now, working for you, see if it's true. how well metro's cell service works underground. months after a terror attack in manchester shall the city continues to try and heal. what's

welcome back everybody. i'm erika gonzalez. let's take a look at some of the stories we're working on for you from across the globe. manchester arena is set to reopen next month, four months after a terrorist attack killed 22 people and injured more than 200 others as people were leaving an ariana grande concert. the it will include a benefit concert to honor the victims. a florida deputy is on the wrong side of the law this morning. michael dingman was arrested for leaking surveillance video of the ft. lauderdale -- dingman was assigned to the airport at the time of the shooting. five people were killed and six others hurt in that january shooting. huge wildfires continue to

the intense flames led to evacuations, but many locals refused to leave their homes. one of the roads connecting a small town was blocked with flames on both sides. we're told more than 340 square miles of woodland has burned. close to 80% of portugal is suffering with severe drought. with that, we bring things back home to take a look at your forecast with chuck bell. all right. thanks, erika. we don't have a drought here. it's been very rainy after an incredibly dry june. we ended up with a wet july and the first half of august, we've had nearly double our rainfall. there's more chances for rain coming and soon. already drops out there early this morning. this big weather front across the middle parts of the country, that promises to bring us a higher chance much rain getting into tomorrow. it should be through and out of here by the weekend. missed the rain this morning. it's just south of the city of wash

woodridge and quantico. showers moving over the tidal potomac heading into charles and st. mary's county. that's the only drops on radar this morning. the rest of the region is dry. future weather carries this chance for rain across southern maryland. between now and 7:00 a.m., raindrops likely from waldorf and plata towards hunting town and calverton. that will be gone by noon. once we get to the heating of the day, we're going to bubble up more rain showers and the occasional thunderstorm as well. your rain chances stand at about 50%. temperaturewise, downtown and by the bay are very mild in the mid to upper 70s this morning. cooler in the schehenandoah val. as you plan out the day, up to 90 degrees later today and thunderstorms more likely to scatter across the region after 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. near 90 with a shower chance today and highe

perfect weather for sunday. of course, that's the day before the eclipse much we'll talk about that forecast in a few minutes. >> see you then, chuck. get ready for a noisier metro ride. not in the way you might expect. they recently upgraded cell service through part of the system. adam tuss is working for you and testing out the new service to see if it works. >> reporter: can you hear me now? >> hello? >> you'll likely be hearing a lot of people's conversations now that metro has upgraded cell service in a significant portion of the downtown core. >> i wouldn't love to hear others' conversations but i'd love to hear my own. >> maybe we need a quiet metro car. >> like the vre. on the blue, orange and silver lines, the major carriers, at&t

and verizon wireless should all have uninterrupted service throughout most of the core. all the way to stadium armory. we found a rider catching a call between those stations. >> so you can watch me tonight on news 4. i will be on this. >> reporter: her call held. >> we wanted to see if the cell phone coverage had improved especially inside the tunnels. i'm calling my photographer's phone. up on the screen pops my name, adam tuss. at least the call is going through. now, can we answer the call -- ki answer and talk to myself? >> hello? hello? it's actually working. >> but cell service being what it is, this may not be 100% all the time. riders trying to call one another. >> hello? >> no, it's gone. >> it's gone. >> confirmed. >> metro won't say specifically which section of the system

get the upgrade next. but the transit agency expects to have service in all tunnels by late 2020. at metro center, adam tuss, news 4. love the scientific approach there, adam. that was great. it is the story that you'll want to see before your next flight. the rising concerns about potential toxic fumes on airlines. coming up, when we hand things over to aaron and eun, it's the hash tag guaranteed to be trending today. we're

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talking about getting on an airplane. but there is a growing safety concern over the air we breathe inside the plane. this summer, a number of airline passengers and crew members got sick due to what experts believe are toxic fume events. nbc's stephanie gosk explains what they are and the danger they pose. >> a jetblue flight makes an emergency landing in buffalo, new york, this month. >> they're not sure what the smell is. >> this video shows firefighters on board. while he starts to feel sick. sharp headache. >> three crew members went to the hospital. jetblue says no mechanical issues were found. the incident sounds eerily similar to something american airlines pilot experienced in june. >> we immediately noticed the smell. >> the fumes came from the engine and smelled like dirty socks. >> that can

which takes us out of the game. they use a mix of recycled and outside air, which is siphoned through the engine. if a seal breaks, the burning oil can mix with the cabin air causing a so-called toxic fume event. >> experiences headaches, flu-like symptoms, fatigue or short term and long-term memory loss. >> they want to change faa reporting rules and require air quality detectors on flights. the bill sponsors these toxic fume events happen up to five times a day. the faa's numbers are lower. in a statement they write the cabin environment in the vast majority of commercial flights is safe. however, we're concerned that if certain mechanical failures occur, the cabin environment may contain contaminants. >> you are stuck in that metal tube until it gets on the ground. you can't get a breath of fresh air anywhere

crews and passengers alike hope everyone will breathe a little easier. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. it is now 4:26. "news4 today" continues right now with aaron and eun. erika, thank you. good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. now on "news4 today" -- >> let it shine, let it shine ♪ >> days after white nationalists carried torches through the campus of uva, hundreds demanding peace march in the same exact place. it is something most of us never see the inside of until now. how to get a glimpse of the d.c.'s mormon temple. everybody in maryland, everybody in d.c., virginia. >> he is our hometown boy done good. now we're gearing up to celebrate him. it is the first kevin

day. before we get to all of that, though, let's check on your weather and traffic on this thursday morning. >> wtop's jack taylor is fill in for melissa mollet on maternity leave. but we begin with chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> welcome to thursday everybody. inching closer and closer to the weekend. >> i love it. it's friday eve or little friday. whatever you want to call it. clear the shelters is this weekend, chuck. i am excited about it. i'll be out there saturday morning. we'll talk about that through the rest of the week. we have rain to talk about this morning. it's mostly around quantico and moving into charles county right now. little bit farther south. this is all we have. quantico towards woodbridge, across 95 and in parts of charles county currently. as we go into about the 12:00 hour, we can have a few more showers flaring up. temperaturewise, it's warm outside. look at washington. near 80 degrees right now. 72 in

the chance of rain will stay in the forecast for today. but still a hot and humid one. we'll take a closer look at the rain chances going into tomorrow. let's check the roads on this thursday morning with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, good morning. thank you. crews, of course, as they always do, work on the rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. they can alternate one direction at a time. in virginia, they're working on 7 eastbound before ashburn village boulevard where the right lane is getting by. staying in virginia on 28 northbound between old ox road and nokes boulevard. if you are headed out, a few things in your way shouldn't cost you much time at all. aaron and eun, back to you. >> thank you, jack. it is 4:28 and friends and family will start to stay goodbye to the police officers tild near charlottesville. trooper pilot, berke bates and jay cullen died

patrol the site. a visitation for trooper bates is today in richmond. friends and family will come together tomorrow for lieutenant cullen. his service is being held in richmond as well. since last weekend's violence, the outpouring of support has been huge for the friends and family of heather heyer. >> and for the city of charlottesville. the violent clashes on saturday took place off campus and on city streets. after the moment of silence, people in the crowd sang songs to come together in peace. earlier wednesday another crowd along with family and friends honored heather heyer at a memorial service in charlottesville. heyer was killed when a man drove a car into a crowd protesting the white nationalist rally. virginia governor says confederate statues are barriers and he wants them gone. >> remove all con fed rra

virginia? >> that question shouted to the governor yesterday. hours later, he made a statement calling for the removal. the task of removing the statues falls on virginia localities and the virginia assembly. the appomattox statue in old town alexandria, honors the c confedera confederate. people are ready to see it go. >> i think it's about time. statues are for people who win wars and this man risked his live to preserve one of the greatest immoralities the united states has witnessed. >> the governor says they should be relocated to museums. alexandria has been working on moving it to a museum. now to a story only on news 4. on the heels of charlottesville, the only african-american member of president trump's cabinet found himself the target of anti-trump vandals. someone toilet papered ben carson's vienna home and wrote an expletive about the president. in the pa,