>> breaking news, we have a winner. one ticket matched the powerball drawing where it was sold and lucky numbers that may be on your ticket. >> the school we're helping you get ready for school as thousands in a local district start a new year. plus why your kids' teacher may be stopping by your house today. >> he admitted to his past with the kkk. now we're learning what caused a priest to come forward after all these years. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. don't get back in bed right now. you have to get up and at 'em. you're probably not a lottery winner and you probably have to go to work. >> there is a powerball winner this morning. not in our area. it reached $758.5 million drawing. one ticket matched all six numbers and it was sold in massachusetts. >> you should still check the numbers, though. because million dollar tickets were sold in

and 17 other states. we'll get you more details in just a second. first, we want to get to your forecast and a look at your commute this morning. >> wtop's jack taylor will show us how the roads are shaping up. but sheena parveen is outside now with the forecast. looking like we're getting pretty weather. it's feeling good out here, guys. if you're leaving sooner, really at any point today, you can drive with the windows down. you don't need the ac. we'll stay unseasonably cool throughout the afternoon. look at these numbers. 73 in washington. 64 leesburg. if tur in martinsburg, 59 degrees right now. if you're in clinton, your temperature is 67. 63 at fort meade. nice outside currently. feeling a little bit like fall. the big area of high pressure dropping down from canada. that's responsible for the nice weather. coming up, we'll tell you

your labor day weekend forecast. a little bit of rain in there. >> good morning, jack. >> on georgia avenue headed northbound, there was an overnight work crew between wayne avenue and cameron street. the left lane gets you by. southbound is unaffected. the crews just about wrapped up. two barrels left. 123 southbound after the dulles connector road. the right lane got by the paving project. they will be done very soon. rock creek parkway at the kennedy center, they're not done. they have about another hour. the traffic will alternate one direction. traffic at this hour pretty light. otherwise, it shouldn't cost too much time. back to you. jack, thank you. it is a terrible situation for many military families who sacrifice so much already. now a family from montgomery county is hoping for

about their son. electronics technician second class kevin beau shell serves on the u.s.s. john mccain. he's one of ten sailors who went missing. he graduated in 2009 from gaithersburg high school. his family is asking for privacy. the bodies of five of the senn ten sailors have been identified. it was two months ago that seven sailors died after a similar accident. personnel specialist first class xavier lewis from baltimore, county maryland and rigsby was from fluvanna. the fit gerald and the mccain are both in the navy's 7th fleet. the kmaender has been relieved of duty. >> for safety, you are ordered to evacuate the property. police keeping people out even when people who called this complex home 24 hours ago. police and fig

door to door last night at the lynn hill condos trying to get the last holdout to leave. it was declared unsafe. neighbors are still struggle with's next. >> there's a reason why these people, we chose to stay here. you get what i'm saying? it's affordable to us. >> a lot of folks who live there are in temporary housing now or staying with relatives until they figure out their next move. anyone who couldn't get all of their things out should make an appointment to get back inside to finish packing a man who openly describes himself as a white nationalist and who gained notoriety during the charlottesville violence is now off the streets. he turned himself in last night. he became the face of the rally after appearing in this documentary. he was wanted by uva police

his actions in the friday night torch rally before saturday's rally. at some point he'll be brought back to charlottesville to face the charge. >> the confederate statue is still causing controversy. a man with a gun tried to cut a black tarp off the lee statue yesterday. they had put the proofr up earlier as a symbol of warning for the woman killed in that rally. >> the man says it was desecration but stopped cutting when police arrived. the statue was also covered up. news 4 learned more about the catholic priest with ties to the ku klux klan. we're learning more why he did what he did. >> news 4's justin finch is live with what we know about the story now. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. we have been following this story all week. now another twist.

working to uncover a story about father acheson's klansman past and was close to exposing it but then the father outed him search. the father is now 62 years old. he's based here at st. leo the great catholic church off of old lehigh way. in the herald, he writes that the violence in charlottesville moved him to rebuild his past ties to kk kchl. now we know it could be something else. his past included in those times cross burnings at howard and prince george's counties in the 1970s. philip and barbara butler found one of acheson's burning crosses on their lawn in college park. they're speaking about that ordeal. butlers say it's time for acheson to name accomplices because they do not believe he acted alone. eun, if he's truly sorry, he will do them that service by outing other people who cause him so much hur in t

justin, are the victims taking any further action at this point? >> reporter: well, we do know back in 1982 a judge did order that acheson pay them $23,000 in damages. they never actually got that money. but soon after that judgment, we know president rag and and first lady nancy reagan visited their college park home to show support and outranl over what happened there. the archdiocese says they're just now finding out about this and working with acheson to make the pachlts. he, of course, now is on leave as all this has ee mernld. back to you guys. justin finch. live in arlington. 57:07 now. and today summer is over for kids. more than 80,000 kids heading pack to school. there are more than 800 new teach evers greeting them in the county this year. there's also a new middle school to tell you about. take a look at t

it's in ashburn. it's open and ready for students. coming up, our meagan fitzgerald is live at bram belton. she's giving us a closer look inside that brand new school. it's 5:078. we have breaking news right now. there is one winning ticket in the $758 million powerball jackpot. don't turp off your tv. because you have to probably go to work. you need us to help you get ready. >> we have winning numbers and there are other winners too, erika. >> bitter, party of many. >> we've september out the numbers. you'll see them anywhere on twitter, facebook, instagram. here's the deal. somebody struck it big, real big last night in boston. they don't have to share with anybody else. one lucky winner. $758.7 million. the second biggest jackpot in u.s. history. here are the numbers for you this morning. 6, 7,

powerball, 4. again, one winning particular was sold in watertown, massachusetts. but we also had million dollar wipers in maryland and virginia. more than a dozen other states have. that's not bad either. before you rip them up like i did this morning, be sure you check and you check again before you put it in the trash. back to you. we're going to check the tickets very carefully. there's some cases you could win a hundred bucks. >> don't throw away money. it's 5:09 now. a surprise on the set. a little girl having a good time during a live tv interview. you want to stick around for this video. painful practices. new video of the disturbing exercises teens were force tod

it's been 25 years since hurricane an true. the category 5 hurricane tore through south florida. 44 people died in that storm. it also leveled tens of thousands of buildings and left more than 1 million without power. andrew hit in

the most destructive storm to ever hit florida. right now a tropical storm targeting texas. a lot of people in the path of harvey this morning. this is supposed to get stronger and maybe even become a hurricane, do a lot of damage here. we're keeping our eyes on this new formation, of course. sheena parveen with a look at how this has caused problems for us here too. >> it could be causing problems here. but not until labor day weekend. not talking about right now or this weekend. again, harvey has not even moved on shore yet in texas. now, as far as our weather locally, it is a fantastic start to the morning. 70 degrees by 7:00 a.m. windows down, dry roads. 82 for an afternoon high. just fantastic. we'll talk more about the cool temperatures ahead head for your weekend and how harvey could impact labor day weekend.

speaking of your commute, let's check in with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, thank you. good morning. we've got a trouble spot. reported accident on 28 east of 124. kwins or chad near ambience drive. authorities were headed to the scene. still working on the rock creek boulevard. they usually lift by 6:00 or 6:15. traffic alternates. otherwise, off to a pretty quiet start. no early worries on the beltway. 270, 95. bw parkway, all your feeder road, so far so good. back to you. jack, thank you. so many of you are getting up right now. getting yourself up, maybe a few quiet moments before the kids have to go back to school. students are heading back in loudoun county this morning. >> meagan fitzgerald live at a new school welcoming some kids in this morning. she has more on what they're going to see when they arrive. meagan, good morning to you. >> reporter: guys, good morning. let's be

a lot of kids probably aren't excited about the idea that summer vacation is ending. when you've got a brand new school like this one, it probably takes the edge off a little bit. you're looking at the exterior of this school. we want to give you a look inincompetent side. equipment and classrooms. but what will stand out, there's so many windows throughout the building and in classrooms. the county says this is the first time they've ever had this type of architectural design for one of their now 90 public schools. in addition to brand new facilities and the more than 1100 students that will be attending. the principal made it her mission to try to meet every student before they even started today. the pins principal had the incoming fifth graders send a letter. they could ask her anything. and she answered every one. that will help students as they enter school for the first time in just a couple

meagan fitzgerald. live in loudoun county for us. thanks so much. my sister and her kids, she doesn't but her kids have to get up and go to school. >> she does get up. >> thanks, meagan. if you have little ones in fairfax county schools, you might get a visit from their teacher today. teachers are heading to the neighborhoods near their schools going door to door to personally welcome students back. school year in fairfax county starts on monday. new video that is difficult to watch. it will make any parent or a person, for that matter, angry. the video we're about to show you is out of denver public high school. it shows a cheerleader being forced to do the splits. that teen girl in the video can be heard screaming. you can hear her saying please stop nine times. the nbc station in denver was given eight similar

girls screaming in pain. we're not comfortable showing you much more of this video. we will let you hear directly from the cheerleaders and their moms. >> he was pushing like with his other knee on my back to try to keep my posture straight. >> then he had my foot elevated. it was tearing my ligament and my muscle at the same time. i was crying. i couldn't breathe i was crying so hard. >> denver police are now investigating the incident. five school employees are now on leave. you can see the pain and the fear in their faces. terrible. colin kaepernick is getting a lot of support this morning. >> the #i'm with kap is still trending on twitter right now. they held a rally outside of -- thousands held signs and sang. kaepernick was one of the first players to

national anthem. with two weeks to go after the start of the season, he still doesn't have a job. one new york lawmaker feels the nfl owners are punishing kaepernick because of his political beliefs. >> and we've got to make sure that the modern-day muhammad ali, colin kaepernick, we surround and support him and tell the national football league we will not lay down. >> kaepernick led the 49ers to a super bowl four years ago against the ravens. the ravens recently showed interest in signing him as a backup. talk about stealing the show. >> our kids have gone somewhere we didn't want them to go. it happens a lot. especially when they're little. >> you're feeling pretty fit. she's now on the desk. >> she is a showstopper. a scene stealer. she couldn't resist getting in the middle of the action there. check out the little girl on top of the anchor desk. this is a live

england. you put kids and live together, she doesn't want to get down. she appears to be doing a little dance there. hi. >> in case you wanted to know, the segment was about milk allergies. we're not sure if anyone knew what the mother was talking about. there she is. >> how does that even happen? >> she probably had to bring her daughter along to do the segment. she probably said sit here, sweetie. they don't like to listen to sit here please, especially with a camera. >> makes for great tv. when we have tour groups an the kids get in front of the camera, they stare at themselves in the monitor. they don't move. they like to see their face on tv. i don't blame them. as we walk outside, it's feeling like fall. i think a lot of people are really going to like it. this is going to last through the weekend. we're going to have many, many mornings like this in a row. the unseasonably cool weather pattern is going to go across your saturday and sunday. it's

beaches too. tropical storm harvey may be impacting us for labor day weekend. not this weekend but next. i'll show you that in a second. 73 degrees in washington. 65 dulles. 63 in frederick. 67 in clinton. in wip chester, your temperature is 61 degrees. very comfortable. future weather through the day, most of us stay dry and mostly sunny. there you see cloud cover maybe over the higher elevations, shenandoah valley. maybe an isolated shower at best. speaking of those areas where we have our winery, this weekend will be perfect if you want to head the wineries. 78 degrees friday, 77 saturday. 76 on sunday. mostly sunny. looking really good. heerts a look at tropical storm harvey in the gulf of mexico headed towards texas. could be dropping 15 independence of rain or more. then next weekend into labor day weekend, the moisture travels up along the northeast and could be giving us rain maybe even saturday. we'll look at that as we

this weekend looking fantastic. unseasonably cool temperatures. let's check the roads on this thursday morning. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. off to a nice quiet start on the beltway. inner, outer loop, no delays. the volume very light this morning. a live look at 270 southbound without delays from frederick to the lane divide. a live shot at 109. just building volume. nothing that will slow you down. georgia avenue going northbound near wayne avenue. the utility crews working with the left lane getting by. southbound lanes are open and unaffected at this time. back to you. jack, thank you. incompetent stead of statues, it's stained glass. the latest confederate controversy. this time at the national cathedral coming up. two big companies teaming up to take on amazon.

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i thought that she was on board. >> yeah, i did too. how did you guys decide with me? >> there was nothing to decide. the moment we saw you -- >> you knew. it's a hell of a story, mom. one of my favorites. >> i cannot wait for this to happen. >> get rid i. >> we are getting a first clip from season 2 of this is us. it is a clip you just saw there. randall starts to ask his mom, who was played by mandy moore about his adoption story. if you're wondering about jake's fate, the executive producer says you'll get all the answers you know. i'm afraid to know. >> if you haven't caught up and you're behind, go to the nbc app. get caught up on the episodes. it returns september 29th. >> mark it. >> mark your calendar. you have a month to collect. >> i cried through the whole firs

right now. >> it's amazing acting. >> will and grace is coming back. you can cry, you can laugh. >> excellent. it's 5:26. a retail showdown that could lead to a major saving. >> google, walmart, amazon in the other corner. taking on amazon. the google/walmart partnership focusing on voice activated shopping. how does that sound? >> what? that's dangerous. all of a sudden i have 25 boxes. >> send me those shoes google. >> you pay for it, too. >> amazon dominates the market with that popular echo gadget. google's answer to the echo is google home. it links consumers to google express. virtual shopping mall with more than 40 retailers. walmart is the first one letting customers link their store accounts to google. you can examine your shopping history and reorder items faster. experts say it is the future. >> voice ordering with

ordering -- walmart want to make sure to put their stake in the ground. >> what if -- here's the wrong thing -- it hears the wrong thing and you have cotton balls or socks. >> you get something else instead. >> it's dangerous. google walmart partnership starts in late september. you have to enunciate when you are ordering. >> cotton balls. >> 5:27 now. yes. that would be interesting. we'll see what happens. temperatures this morning, feeling like fall. it's really nice outside. it's going to stay unseasonably cool through the weekend. we'll look at what you can expect for your afternoon straight ahead. he was literally breathing down my neck. my skin crawled. >> plus, a sneak peek at hillary clinton's new book. more on what she's

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we have a winner. the big powerball jackpot winner may be skipping out of work today. where that winning ticket was sold. classroom chaos. a student attacked a teacher. a new look at the video that has now turned into police evidence. plus, dragged by a dump truck. a woman opens up about a horrific ordeal and a story only on news 4.

driver may get off with an easy sentence. so we're here. that doesn't mean that we're not happy to be here. but we did not win the powerball. but we're in it together. >> you don't know my life. >> we just said the winning ticket was not in our area. >> you don't know what's happening in my wallet. you don't know. >> if you lead that mysterious life -- i am eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist right here. >> i do know your life a little bit. >> a few more years, i'll be right here, trust me. >> your "news4 today" team is here as well. wtop's jack taylor, monitoring our commute this morning. >> first, we want to check in with meteorologist sheena parveen out on the storm team 4 weather deck. we did strike it rich in the weather department, sheena. >> yes, we did. i would love to know if aaron led a double life. wouldn't that be fun. it would be fun to live

that's what i'm saying. it's really nice outside and cool and crisp. feeling like fall. by 59 a.m., only in the 70s still. most of the day today, we'll stay in the 730s. a short period of time we're in the low 80s this afternoon. this is unseasonably cold for this time of year. we'll see how cool the weekend forecast will be and tropical storm harvey could impact our labor day weekend weather. it's all coming in a bit. right now, let's check the roads on this thursday morning. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. starting to get more details in frederick county on i-15 and 340 moving between frederick and jefferson. described as a tractor-trailer overturned in the median carrying large slabs of marble. the left lane is closed in both directions. this could be that way for the foreseeable future until the cleanup is wrapped up. just be aware. riding on 15, both directions affected just east of

road. be careful on georgia avenue headed northbound near wayne avenue. the left lane is getting by. crews working on the rock creek parkway as well at the kennedy center. traffic gets by one at a time. breaking news for you. we have a winner. someone hit all five numbers and the powerball and that massive prize. are you checking? >> i don't know what ticket that is. >> this one. here it is. >> no, really? >> come on. i'm going to watch you erika to check my numbers just to be sure. there might be something for me in there. >> pay a teng. let me tell you first though about our area. i don't want you to give up hope. the big winning ticket was in boston. but we do know that here in our area, in maryland and virginia, a couple of million dollar tickets were sold. that's awesome. please check those this morning before you rip up your tickets and throw them in the garbage. you had to hit all five numbers and the powerball toin

big, big, big sum. but all five numbers without the powerball to win that million dollar prize in our area. the person who probably doesn't have to go to work ever, ever, ever again is in watertown, massachusetts. they won $758 million the second biggest jackpot ever. if you're just getting up, the winning numbers, 6, 7, 16, 23 and 26. the powerball was 4. those numbers all over social media this morning. we do have live pictures from boston. we're trying to get those to you. the reporter that will be working so hard this morning is in the middle of that shot doing hit after hit. as soon as we get a clean shot, we'll let you know. >> not a single number. not one. >> not one. >> not one dang number. >> $4. >> we know your life. thank you, aaron. sniefrmt erika, thank you. it's 5:34. here is a look at some of your top stories this morning. a gaithersburg h

sailors in the crash involving the u.s.s. john mccain. this is electronics technician second class kevin beau shell. his family is asking for privacy. the bodies of five of the ten sailors have been identified. loudoun county students and parents getting ready for school this morning. more than 80,000 kids headed back to class today. there are more than 800 new teachers in the county as well. keeping people out of the condos in temple hills. they were forced to leave yesterday at noon. a lot of them are in temporary housing trying to figure out their next move. 5:35 now. after eight surgeries, a d.c. woman still can't walk after being hit by a dump truck. the man who hit her may get off with only a ticket. d.c. police sayish male alvarez hit her as she was trying to cross the street near that shell

dais that truck dragged her nearly 70 feet. the driver stopped when he heard her screaming. he's been cited for failure to yield the right-of-way. butler spoke only to news 4 about the moments after that crash. >> did he talk to you after this happened? >> he didn't talk to me. all he said was i'm so sorry about what happened. i can't each walk now because of you. >> alvarez also faces hit and run charges from another crash in 2015. a gallaudet student was seriously hurt in that incident. >> if you can identify the man in the video we're about to show you, you will give police an important clue in a recent murder. take a look. there's only one person in focus here. prince george's county police want to talk to him about a murder. someone shot and killed a troy foster in lanham earlier this morning. this is from a bp gas station in greenbelt that same day. police believe this man knows something about the case. if you recognize him, give police a

to school battle. find out what happened to the teacher who was attacked in front of a classroom full of students. plus, cherished memories. dropping off your child at college. proof that the obamas a justre

when you send your kid to school, the last thing you expect is the teacher to be knocked out cold. that's exactly what happened in milwaukee. look at this video here. the student is seen on the video going after his teacher, punching him in the face. it knocked him to the floor. the student then continues to beat him while he's on the ground. it's not clear yet what led up to that incident. the student was arrested. it's a big day for any parent, each a former president and first lady and their brigade of secret service agents. we're talking about sending your kid off to college. the obamas helped their eldest daughter malia settle into harvard earlier this weekment they were spotted in cambridge, massachusetts. malia took a year off after graduating from school and traveling and working. >> i still have a while to go. >> just a few years. >> six years. not that

i will be ugly crying when my child leaves for college. >> he'll move across the country. >> he's already planning it. >> be ready for it. former fbi director james comey has a new gig. >> he will be hosting his own lecture series. the university tweeted the announcement yesterday. >> he's donating his $100,000 salary to a scholarship. you might remember comey was fired by president trump in may. a new threat from president trump saying -- what deal is still -- the kkk confession. a local priest reveals a controversial past. new details reveal that he may

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time. a priest's confession. he was involved with the klan. how much the church knew and the real reason he's coming clean now. stop-and-go traffic. you may get pulled over even when the streets are jammed. the news 4 i-team looks at the distraction that could put your child in danger as they head back to school. > . >> 5:45 now. congress may be on recess but that's not stopping president trump from setting up a fight when they get back. >> talk of a government shutdown is heating up again this morning due to this threat from the president. >> now, the obstructionist democrats would like us not to do it. but believe me, we have to close down our government, we're building that wall. >> the president making it clear that he wants money to build a border wall. >> news 4's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill now. edward, the white house isn't backing down from that threat. what are the chances of a shutdown actually happening over this issue. >> you know, this is

there's not much of an appetite in congress to pass funding for a wall. you remember during the campaign president trump said mexico was going to pay for the wall. now the president turning to congress to try and do that. if the president doesn't back down, there could very well be a shutdown. the government has not been playing nice with a number of senators over the past 24 hours. he went after senator john mccain in phoenix and senator jeff flake who had been voting with the president on his agenda eye teitem items. mitch mcconnell has not had a conversation approximate weeks with the president because of a profanity-laden conversation the president had over differences of what's going on in budget. >> edward lawrence live on capitol hill. thank you. a moment that became a punch line on saturd"saturday night l" now hillary clinton is saying it made her skin crawl. in her new book, what happened, she talks about the second

she was uncomfortable when donald trump appeared to hover behind her. in audio excerpts obtained by morning joe, clinton wonders if she should have stood up to him then. >> do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, back up you creep. get away from me? it certainly would have been better tv. maybe i have overlearned the lesson of staying calm. biting my tongue, digging my fingernails into a clenched fist. >> clinton says she kept her cool, not wanting to appear weak. the book, due to come out next month is a more reflective writing. she says she couldn't get the job done and will live with that the rest of her life. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. terrible breaking news overnight. it's happened again. somebody drove a car into a protest. thankfully, nobody was seriously hurt. police

drove into a crowd during a march last night. the demonstrators for a transgender woman killed by police. three people were hurt, but again, not seriously. police charged the driver with a felony. back over to you guys. thank you, erika. news 4 was first to report the washington national cathedral will make a decision soon about the future of two stained glass windows that honor the confederacy. take a look at the two stained glass panels memorialize robert e. lee and stone wall jackson. they were installed in the 1950s. the windows will move. 5:48 right now. news 4 learned more about the catholic priest who admitted he had ties to the kkk. >> the priest from the arlington diocese admits to targeting people because of their race. two of his victims are seen in this video here. this morning, we're hearing directly from one of th

priest came forward when he did. news 4's justin finch is live with what we know about the story. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. the story really opens up old wound for a couple who found a burning cross in their front yard four decades ago. they say they had no idea that a man behind it was now a priest or that he had gone public. this as we have learned that father aitcheson's public admission came after a reporter was working to uncover his past ties with kkk. now 62 years old. father william aitcheson is serving here at the catholic church off old lehigh way. also in the arlington catholic herald, he writes that he was prompted to reveal his own ties with the kkk after the violence in charlottesville. also we're hearing from two of his victims, philip and barbara butl butler. they found a burning cross in their yard back in

mrs. butler says it was a painful moment that changed their lives in a single night. >> just got married. all of a sudden this happens. the neighborhood has changed. each at our jobs and just everything added to it. you know, just don't know -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: father aitcheson is now on leave from his duties here at st. leo owe the butlers say they are due a $23,000 restitution from aitcheson. the archdiocese is working with him to make the payments. back to you in the studio. >> justin finch, thank you. 5:50 your time right now. we're helping you get ready for school this morning. the kids in loudoun county, time to get up. we'll soon hear the first alarms of the school year buzzing all across that county. more than 80,000 kidshe

heading back to the classroom along with 800 new teachers this year. coming up in a few minutes, meagan fitzgerald shows us why the county is so excited about this brand new middle school. >> looks gorgeous right now. >> kids heading back to school also means more traffic on the roads. as you probably already noticed the difference. >> you spend more time sitting in traffic, it can get tempting to pick up the phone. as scott macfarlane and the i-team shows us, a lot of people are getting pulled over for distracted driving near schools. >> reporter: you'll see it as early as next week. the summer traffic gives way to stop-and-go traffic. and traffic jams. making it harder to get to your parking lot and get to work. it will also get more tempting to pick up the phone and check all those e-mails and text messages. more people are doing that. an investigation by the news 4 i-team shows a spike in distracted driving cases in our region. in fairfax county alone, we found 12,000 accidents linked to driver

2014. in montgomery county, police stopped 11,000 drivers for distractions since just last year. we found 1400 of them were in school zones. at the virginia tech transportation institute, the i-team got behind the wheel on a safe test road to see how texting and driving could impact our reflexes near schools. >> nearly colliding with strategically placed hazards on the safe road. >> people are lulled into complacency in traffic. >> yes. we find out a lot in stop-and-go traffic where people will take their eyes off the road for more than four seconds. only traveling 5 or 10 miles an hour. that's when they'll have fender benders with the car in front of them. >> not just slow traffic but in fast traffic too. tonight on our investigation at 11:00, we go on the highway with police to see what drivers are doing behind the wheel at 70 miles an hour. for now, scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team.

heading toward texas in the form of a tropical storm. harvey is probably going to become a hurricane. people are stocking up to make sure they stay inside and safe. they have dozen of emergency generators ready to go. harvey has about 24 hours before it hits land and the system could affect us in the washington, d.c. area. the rough thing is it's going to sit there a couple of days. >> that's what's so bad about this storm. it could make a hurricane before it makes landfall. then it gates stationary, doesn't really move. it will dump lots of rain in southern parts of texas. they could see 15 inches or more. there could be bad flooding there. for us, locally, like we mentioned, could be impacting our area for labor day weekend. for now, we're dealing with a fantastic start to your day. your outdoor planner, roll the windows down.

and cool and nice this afternoon. exercise, i would suggest outdoors if you can. it's going to be terrific with low humidity and of course, if you can sit outside for lunch, great idea. beautiful weather this afternoon. 63 degrees. leesburg 63. 73 degrees in the d.c. area. 66 in crofton. upper marlboro, 66 degrees. very comfortable. future weather does keep us dry most of day. mostly sunny, maybe an isolated shower over 81 near the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge mountains. but we're watching the next rain chance as we go into next week. that would be tropical storm harvey remnants. right now in the gulf of mexico, here's future weather showing it moving on shore tomorrow. dumping 15 inches or more of rainfall. that moisture works its way across the country and moves here into next week. that would be your labor day weekend. we're watching that closely. this weekend if you're headed to the be

70s. nice and sunny. low humidity. great week and whatever you want to do, further inland, we'll see temperatures in about the upper 70s. into next week, unseasonably cool. normal high is 86 degrees this time of the year and we'll be watching that rain for next week. let's check your roads right now on this thursday morning commute with jack tai taylor. wtop. >> sheena, thank you. frederick county, an overturned tractor-trailer in the median on 15 and 340. this is moving between jefferson and frederick. we had the left lane closed in both directions. now trying to figure out at this point if the equipment is left. headed toward frederick, you may have all lanes open. southbound much frederick toward the 15 and 340 split, the -- tfts handling and carrying large slabs marble. at this point we believe everything is overturned. in the median, so we may have the left lane closed on the southbound side. just plan for

center. getting by one direction at a time. back to you. thank you, jack. it's the new era for samsung. the galaxy note 8 has been released. they're hoping the new phone will win back your trust and hard-earned money too. the dual lens cam remarks animated messages and expanded note-taking capability. it has a lower battery capacity. it has physical protection. it goes on sale september 15th. we don't know what exactly it will cost you. you might remember, samsung had to recall more than 2 million note 7 phones last year. the batteries were exploding and catching fire. our consumer team reported on the frightening experiences extensively. the recall cost the company more than $5 billion. >> the future of a mall in our area is up in the air after it underwhelmed on the auction block. the washington business journal reports lake forest mall for more than $19 million. that may sound like a l

the journal reports in 2005 the mall appraised for more than $200 million. mall has been plagued in recent years by crime and failing sales. good morning. i'm aditi roy at cnbc headquarte headquarters. on a mission to sign up as many iphone users as it can. the carrier says it can use its own iphone to sign up for the $1 a year subscription offer. it comes with unlimited talk, text and data. your connection may slow down after you use 23 gigabytes within i month. there's a catch, however. after the first year, you have to pay a more standard amount. $50 a month. you can get six more months if you get a new phone. >> with your cnbc business report, i'm aditi roy. >> aditi, thank you. news for redskins fans. >> our man is back.

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throw away the ticket yet. >> it's time to head back to school. thousands of parents are getting their kids up early to start a new school year in northern virginia. we're working for you on day one with what's new in loudoun county this year. >> you're feeling pretty fit. you're looking pretty fit. what's she like who is now on the desk? >> anchor desk takeover. parents, this must-see may make you laugh and cringe all at the same time. >> we've been there. we'll have more on the toddler takeover in a few minutes. a little something that may make you smile in case you want to cry over the powerball jackpot. look, we're here. we're in it with you. >> no big winners around here anywhere around here. we're all winners here for the "news4 today" team. we have a big day for back to school in loudoun county. >> sheena parveen is live on the weather deck