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

started. a great way to be on the bus stop. >> it is a fantastic day. by the way, we mentioned we have million dollar winners in maryland and virginia, i believe. >> i checked my tickets. i knew the numbers didn't look good. i'm usually pretty good at pointing that out. as we go through the morning and you didn't win the powerball, temperatures will feel like you did. 73 in the district. by 7:00 a.m., crisp, cool, comfortable. skies are starting to brighten a little bit outside. but by the afternoon, 2:00 p.m., 81 degrees. less humid. most of area stays dry. wait until you see the weekend forecast in a bit. right now, let's check your commute and see how that's doing with jack taylor. wtop. good morning, jack. >> sheena, good morning. our trouble spot in frederick county. between frederick and jefferson, the left lane had been closed with an overturned tractor-trailer in the median. authorities remain on scene and there's a potential for slowdowns. please plan ahead forha

crash reportedly on 301 near dyson road. authorities should be on scene by now. hopefully, that's not going to cause too much time. otherwise, in decent shape on 210. north on 4. inbound on route 5. so far so good. back to you. it's 6:02. breaking news now. somebody finally won the giant powerball jackpot. going to a nice home in massachusetts. >> there's a lot of money in our area to claim. don't throw away the tickets just yet. erika gonzalez has a look at how much you may have won. erika, good morning. >> good morning to you guys. >> let me give you a minute to find your wallet and your purse. dig through it and find that ticket you pray will change your day and possibly your life. >> go look for it. want to start with the good news for people in our area. we've learned a couple of million dollar tickets were sold in maryland and virginia. the winning numbers are 6, 7,

you need those five to take home a mill. you add the powerball, a 4. and you've got one lucky dog in boston who doesn't have to share with anybody. our sister station will be working overtime. the handy variety convenience store in watertown where the 8 $758.7 million ticket was sold. >> didn't you say it's always the mom and pop stores. >> which is good. they get a kickback too from selling the winning ticket. we're following a developing story this morning, working to learn when the man who became the face of the nationalist white rally is going to be extradited. he turned himself into police in lynchburg, virginia last night. he gained notoriety in this documentary where he talked openly about his racist views. he was wanted by

before the saturday -- at some point he will be taken to charlottesville to face three felony charges the confederate at the center of the rally is causing controversy still. a man with a gun strapped to his leg tried to cut a black tarp off the robert e. lee statue yesterday. crews had put up the tarp hours earlier as a symbol of mourning for the woman killed in the rally. the man said it was desecration. but he stopped cutting the tarp when police arrived. the stonewall jackson statue was covered also. a tale of two trumps. >> he lashed out to critics and the media. the president called for unity in reno, nevada at the american legion >> it's time to heal the wounds that divide us and seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us.

and one great flag. >> the president's speech in reno was full of calls for patriots and national healing. it is a terrible situation for military families who are already sacrificing soap. >> now a family is hoping for the best about their son. electronics technician second class kevin bushell serves on the "uss john mccain." he's one of ten sailors who wept missing in singapore. he graduated from high school in 2009. his family is asking for privacy this morning. so far the bodies of fie five of the ten sailors have been identified. it was two months ago that seven sailors died after a similar accident on the "uss fitzgeral fitzgerald." two men from the area, fitzgerald and the mccain are both in the vy

the pacific. the commander of fleet has been relieved of duty. it was a disturbing discovery along a popular vacation hotspot. a woman found dead buried in the sand last month in ocean city. today, we expect to learn more about the investigation into her death when police hold a news conference. a medical examiner had said ashley o'connor suffocated. she was a 30-year-old newlywed from texas. she was discovered when someone saw her hand sticking out of the sand. six minutes after the hour. every mom is -- five more minutes. just let me sleep. thousands of parents going to hear that as you try to get your kids ready for school this morning. >> open the blanket, throw some cold water on them. it is the first day back to school for students in loudoun county. this morning, meagan fitzgerald is live at a brand new middle school in ashburn. ready to welcome students today. an exciting

>> reporter: good morning, eun. this is exciting for a number of reasons. one of the reasons is because it's the first of its kind school, architectural design in the community. what's most noticeable is all of these amazing large windows. they're throughout the entire building. as we're out here admiring the building, who do we run into? none other than the principal of the school. renee dawson. we want to bring her in here. first, we're excited for you. a lot of eager and excited kids are watching right now. you're out here putting in inspirational signs in. >> absolutely. >> reporter: tell us what makes the school unique and what kids can expect. what makes it so exciting. >> the thing that's unique about the school is the architecture, of course. a lot of natural light. a beautiful glass crossway connector in the back hallway with bump out bench seating. our students can have that natural light and read and journal. it's an amazing architectural

>> you mengtstioned journal. you asked the students to write you handwritten letters. couldn't type them up. you received hundreds of them, didn't you? >> i did. >> you responded to every single one of them. >> every student that wrote me. i had over 300 write me back. every one of the students i did answer back. i used those questions that they asked me to really guide and shape what the school is all about. >> reporter: what do you think that did for the students? >> they felt empowered, like they're part of the school community. it was very important to me that they were invested and they had buy-ins what the school was going to be. >> thank you. congratulations on your brand new school, it's exciting and thanks for taking time to talk with us. >> have a great day. >> you too. it's going to be a great first day of school for the kids in loudoun county and those attending the brand new opening of their middle school. so there's nothing better than coming to class and knowing everything is clean and fresh. and you're the

>> see, this is why i love educators. they're up before 6:00 a.m. getting ready for school and making sure the kids have a super day. i have to hand it to them. what an effort. >> great memories to come there. meagan fitzgerald. live in washburn. if you have little ones in fairfax county, you might get a visit from their teacher today. they're heading out going door to door to personally welcome back students. the school in fairfax county starts on monday. that's cool, right? >> maybe. >> open the door for them when they come. that's okay. 9 minutes after the hour now. nothing to cheer about here. girls seemingly tortured. the cheer laddleader scandal. a raid happening in your backyard. why some say they're being targeted and how they're fighting back. it's kind of a fall-like rn

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big area of high pressure dropping in from dan that keeps us unseasonably cool and dry. thunderstorm harvey is headed toward southern texas. going to be dropping a lot of rain in texas and into labor day weekend could be giving us rain here. let check the roads with jack taylor. wtop. hey, jack. >> sheena, good morning. frederick county, i've got chopper 4 headed to the scene. ourish auto is on the lanes of -- the left lane is blocked headed from frederick south toward the 340 split. the outer loop of the beltway, topside out of college park near 95, a reported crash on the right side. 301 at dyson road, accident activity. should now be on scene. back to you. >> thank you, jack. life is an everyday fight for some people who live in annandale. >> there was an immigration raid in february that put a lot of people on edge. now five agents are facing a lawsuit for what happened

then. an immigrant rights group says the agents racially profiled the people they arrested the raid happened apartment the fairmont gardens apartments. the people behind the lawsuit say the men happened to be there. >> agents in the field looking for a person and they don't find him. they basically arrest some other people they do find instead. they call it collateral arrest. we call it racial profiling. the men who were arrested in february have a deportation hearing five month from now. i.c.o. told news 4 they conduct targeted -- compliant with federal law and agency policy and it does not target people indiscriminately. the news 4 i-team found out the dump truck driver who triggered this deadly inferno will not be charged. the driver bass on his phone when he slammed into the back of an suv. there is insufficient evidence to charge the driver. ot

stops to make way for a congressional motorcade when he was hit and killed. witness also question whether that motorcade was being operated safely. investigators said the driver had ten seconds to see and stop for the motorcade but failed. he just wants to move on with his life and then hung up. this haunting video is tough to watch still and made many of you think twice about putting your kids on a ride this summer. it shows the deadly accident at the ohio state fair last month. the accident is forcing other ride inspectors to ramp up their efforts to keep your family safe. that includes the maryland state far starting today. state inspectors looked over every ride yesterday including the same fireball type ride in ohio that malfunctioned. the maryland fireball ride is never easy to inspect. >> our communications, as andy said, started two weeks ago, about what we were going to

to make sure nothing like this could happen here. the start of that is looking at the design of his ride, which is very different. >> the fireball ride in ohio was 18 years old. the owner of the maryland state fair ride says his is only five months old. 6:17 now. we have new video that is difficult to watch. we want warn you now that this could be upsetting. the video we're about to show you is is out of a denver public high school. it shows a cheerleader being forced to do the splits. >> you can see here the teen girl is screaming and crying saying please stop nine times. the nbc station in denver was given eight videos with similar incidents like this one. we don't want to show you too much of the video. it is upsetting. we'll let you hear directly from the cheerleaders and their mothers. >> he was pushing, ,

to try to keep my posture straight and then he had my foot elevated. it was tearing my ligament and my muscle at the same time. i cried. i couldn't breathe i was crying so hard. >> denver police are now investigating. five school employees are on leave. so upsetting. fans and the naacp hope the nfl got their message. they held a rally yesterday showing their support for colin kaepernick. the quarterback was one of the first players to kneel during the national anthem before football games last season. with two weeks to go before the start of the new season, he doesn't have a job still. one new york lawmaker feels the nfl owners are punishing kaepernick because of his political beliefs. >> 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 that we will

>> 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, but he's still looking for work right now. one the key players on the redskins is back in uniform. if you go to the next preseason game this sunday, you may see jordan reed on the field. the tight end missed all of training camp with a toe injury. but he's ready to get to work. doesn't mean he'll definitely play in the preseason game but he might. the first game is september 10th. middle child has -- he needs to wear -- >> the weather outside, does it remind you a little bit of football weather. >> makes me sad, actually. >> you know, i enjoy football season but love baseball weather. >> there you go. there you go. >> you like the heat. i will say a lot of people love fall. it's starting to feel like fall outside. wiow

you don't need it on. each through the afternoon, if you like temperatures around 80 for a high, that's what it's going to be. cool through the weekend. if you've stepped outside yet, you have felt the fall-like temperatures and it's going to make it comfortable through the weekend. we're talking about tropical storm harvey. it's approaching southern texas. eventually that rain will be coming here. not until next weekend. this looks -- i'll show you that in a second. 73 in washington. 63 in frederick. 68 manassas. still the upper 50s in martinsburg. annapolis, 73. clinton at 68 degrees this morning. this is future weather. most of the area stays dry today and mostly sunny. we could see a few more clouds off near the shenandoah valley. the higher elevations may be an isolated sprinkle. if you're headed that way, maybe visiting wineries in the area, 78 degrees friday. 77 saturday. 76 sunday. mostly sunny. just beautiful to be outside for

tropical storm harvey in the gulf of mexico. future weather takes it into southern texas tomorrow. it's going to stall a little bit. could be dropping 15 inches or more of rainfall. next week and labor day weekend, the remnants of it. some of that moisture could be here. we could be talking about rain over part of your labor day weekend. not this weekend, though. we'll be updating that as we get closer. 82 for a high. low humidity. tomorrow, 80 for a high. mostly sunny. across the weekend, upper 70s saturday and sunday. could be in the mid-70s this weekend. if you're headed to the beach, it's going to be in the 70s. cooler for you. let's check the roads. a look at your extended forecast coming up. now jack taylor has the traffic. >> this could affect someone's job. unfortunately, the kitchen is probably being remodeled. the marble is all over the roadway. the tractor-trailer is overturned, the left lane closed. this is on 15 south out of frederick after mt. zion road. there was activity on the left

outer loop of the beltway, maryland out of college park after route 1, accident activity was long the right side of the roadway. i believe they just cleared it. 50 eastbound, there's an incident on the eastbound span. the right lane is closed on the bridge itself. the left lane is getting by and causing an early delay. back to you. a brutal back to school beatdown. a student attacks a teacher. new video that's part of a police suppression. here we go. another government shutdown showdown. from president trump, w you hy

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6:25 right now. we work hard to give you a great local news broadcast. >> when it comes to live tv, anything can happen and sometimes other things happen to steal the show. >> you're feeling pretty fit. you're looking fit. what's she like who is now on the desk? >> this is in england and it was this little girl who stole the show. take a look at her. she was climbing up on the

she doesn't get down. she doesn't want to. she appears to be doing a little dance while her mom is talking. look at her. this is a live newscast in case you wanted to know. the segment was about milk allergies. we doubt anyone was paying attention to what people were saying because she was being a little girl, a toddler. that's what they do sometimes. they don't want to listen. a very different scene in milwaukee. some parents want this student behind bars for a long time. take a look at why. a student in this video is seen going after his teacher, punching him in the face. knocked him to the floor here. he then continued to beat him while he was on the ground. it's not clear what led up to this incident. that student was arrested. dragged by a dump truck. a woman opens up about a horrific ordeal. now we've learned the truck driver may get off with an easy sentence. >> reporter: a priest has come forward with his own kkk past. was he forceto d

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if you are just joining us, all right. get ready for not so great news. a story we've been following all morning. there was one single winner in that massive powerball jackpot. but not in our area. take a look. this is the store that sold that winning ticket. it's in watertown, massachusetts, far, far away. outside boston. you can still have a lot of money coming your way this morning, though. we'll have more on that in a second, here. >> you can check in case you have relatives in that area. let check the winning forecast, though. storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen on the weather deck now. looks pretty out there. >> it's really nice out here, eun and aaron. you can see the cloud cover, but temperatures are very cool this morning. we're talking about a fall-like feel in the air. crisp. but by 7:00 a.m., it you're exercising outside, a little more sunshine through the day.

by 5:00 p.m., perfect weather to be outside whether you want to eat lunch, dinner outside. walk around. it's going to be a gorgeous day. unseasonably cool through the weekend. coming up in a bit, we'll look at the weekend forecast and see how tropical storm harvey could impact our labor day weekend forecast. that's coming up in a bit. let's see how the commute is going with jack taylor. >> good morning, jack. >> sheena, thank you and good morning. chopper 4 has been over the scene of our accident. frederick on 15 south after mt. zion road. a two-lane stretch. we had this vehicle carrying large slabs of marble rolling northbound. you see it jumped into the median. all the marbles falling off. no delay northbound. the southbound out of frederick. beltway has been pretty quiet. inner, outer loop. we have a new incident in virginia on the inner loop approaching that left exit to get to the dulles toll road. dwo left lanes are blocked on scene. fire trucks have just arrived.

back to you. >> all right, jack, thank you. 6:32. these are the top stories we're following this morning. it wasn't any one of us. but somebody did win the powerball jackpot. that single winning ticket matching all six numbers was sold in massachusetts. you still should check your ticket, though. million dollar tickets were sold in maryland, virginia and 17 other states. we've posted them in the nbc washington app. take a look at this video. the man in it may know something about a murder. they want to talk to him about a deadly shooting in lanham earlier this month. the video is from greenbelt. the same day troy foster was killed. a car drove into a crowd of protesters late last night in st. louis. the crowd was marching for a transgender woman who was killed by police. no one was seriously hurt. >> reporter: it's the first day of school in loudoun county much thousands of kids are getting ready to start a new school year. coming

this new middle school is grabbing so much attention. it's now 6:32. news 4 have learned 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. this morning we're hearing directly from one of them. we're also learning why the priest came forward when he did. news 4's justin finch is live with what we've learned. justin? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. it turns out timing may have played a role. a reporter was working a story that would have outed his kkk past. but in his essay out this week, he says that he was moved to share his own story after the violence in charlottesville. father william aitcheson is on leave from his duties at st. leo the great -- off old lehigh

this all comes to light as his kkk past has come to light here as well. we're also hearing this week from two of his victims. philip and barbara butler who say they found one of aitcheson's burning crosses on their college park lawn. almost 40 years ago. the memory still haunts them, four decades later. >> of what's going on. your family, you know. i can't say that i was mad or i was afraid. all of it was involved. >> reporter: the butlers say they are still waiting aitcheson to pay them the court ordered $23,000 in damages. they also say if he is truly sorry, he will more than likely out the rest of his

that cross burning or in the other cases that he acted alone. back to you in the studio. >> justin finch, thank you. 6:35 right now. two words can have a deep impact on your wallet and keep you up at night. government shutdown. >> it could happen in just one month if president trump doesn't get his way. news 4's erika gonzalez is in the newsroom with a look at why it could happen. erika. >> this comes down to the border wall. president trump wants congress to fund it. he's threatening a government shutdown for it. want to show you video of the president rallying support in phoenix. >> now the obstructionist democrats would like us not to do it. believe me, we have to close down our government. we're building that wall. >> the white house isn't backing down from the president's threat. all of this is putting mr. trump at odds with gop leaders. house speaker paul ryan says he

necessary. congress must agree on a funding deal by september 30th in order to avoid a shutdown. for your safety, you're being ordered to evacuate the property. >> it's been a tough 4 hours for people who called this condo complex home. firefighters went door to door trying to get the lass of the holdouts to leave their homes where the buildings were declared unsafe. m many of the people are in temporary housing until they figure out their next move. anyone who couldn't get their items out in time can make an appointment with the county social services office to go back inside and finish packing. >> some breaking news as all eyes are on tropical storm harvey. the new warning just issued minute ago. gets

breaking news right now at 6:40 a a hurricane warning is in effect for the texas coast along the gulf of mexico. tropical storm harvey is getting stronger. it could slam into texas tomorrow and cause dangerous rainfall, wind and flooding. >> to make sure everyone stays safe disaster response teams are getting prepared. neighbors in texas also sandbagging and stocking up right now. sheena, this is going to be a dangerous situation down there. >> especially because the storm may remain stationary for a little while. this is future weather. makes landfall. maybe 15 inches or more in parts of southern texas. that moisture then moves across the country as the remnants and could be impacting us for labor day weekend. >> look at the forecast an the local forecast for today. let's check the roads first with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> our trouble spot in frederick county leaving frederick southbound. the truck has been put back on the wheels with a

delayed slowdown against outer frederick. do plan ahead if you're trying to get to the bridge. back to you. thank you, jack. 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. a devastating wait as a maryland sailor goes

montgomery county family is hoping for the best and fearing the worst this morning. >> that's because their son, electronics technician second class kevin bushell went misting on the "uss john mccain." bushell gat

gaithersburg high school. his family is asking for privacy and sending prayers to the families of other sailors. so far the bodies of five of the sailors have been identified. it was only two months ago that search sailors died after a similar accident involving the "uss fitzgerald" off the coast of japan. there was a sailor from baltimore, maryland and another from fluvanna county, virginia. they're both in the navy's seventh fleet. the commander has been relieved of duty. a difficult morning for a family in the trinidad neighborhood in d.c. we know a man was killed in a shooting on oats street northeast. this happened yesterday. one of two shootings within an hour in northeast d.c. as our last update, the other victim was in grave condition. after eight surgeries, a d.c. woman still can't walk after being hit by a dump truck and the man who hit her, may get off with only a ticket. d.c. police say

bianca butler as she was trying to cross the street near the shell gas station. she thought she was going to die after the 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 pat collins about the moments after that crash. >> did he talk to you after this happened? >> he didn't talk to me. he said i'm so sorry about what happened. i said that's all you got to say. look, i can't even walk now because of you. >> alvarez also faces hit and run charges after a crash. a gallaudet student was seriously hurt in that incident. expect to learn more about how a woman ended up dead, buried in the sand at a popular beach. you may remember the story. the medical examiner says ashley o'connor suffocated. she was a newlywed from texas. she was discovered when someone saw her h

sand. new developments this morning, we have just learned that christopher cannot well is back in charlottesville at this hour. he openly described himself as a white nationalist and came to notoriety during the charlottesville violence. he turned himself into police last night. he became the face after this documentary. esque held at the albemarle county jail. he's wanted for uva -- from the friday night torch rally. can'twell is facing three felony charges. meanwhile, the statue at the center of that deadly rally is still causing controversy. a man with a gun strapped to his leg tried to cut a black tarp off the robert e. lee statue yesterday. crews put the tarp up hours earlier as a symbol of -- the man said it was desecration but stopped cutting the tarp when police

the thomas stonewall jackson statue was also covered. news 4 was first to report that the national cathedral will make a decision about the stained glass windows that honor the confederacy. the two glass panels memorialize robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. the windows were sponsored by the daughters of the confederacy and installed in the 1950s. news 4 was told the windows will move. >> for sure, the windows won't remain in their current place in their current context. something is going to change. >> the episcopal cathedral blotted out the images of two confederate flags. that came after the issues in south carolina. 6:48 your time. we have a winner. somebody picked up that massive powerball jackpot last night. >> more than $750 million. the problem is, it wasn't sold

the big prize going to massachusetts. let's check in with erika gonzalez at the live desk. erika. >> hi, guys. good morning to you. it's going to be a circus at the handy variety convenience store you are seeing right now. i believe these are live pictures from watertown, massachusetts, today. that's where the single winning powerball ticket came from. the numbers that shattered your dreams of private jets and yachts, 6, 7, 16, 23, 26 and the powerball, 4. our sister station in boston talked to the woman who sold the winning ticket. >> at first reaction, when you found out that you had sold the winning ticket, you're getting 50 grand. >> my husband told me. >> your father-in-law said he started crying. >> yeah. >> he did. did you hold in the tears or were you getting emotional as well? >> emotional. >> she's emotional. can you imagine the person that won the $758 million? not all hope is lost.

and virginia. check the tickets before you toss them out. meanwhile, the sun is out in boston where it's a good day for somebody. back over to you guys. >> life changing for sure. erika, thank you. so did you hear it this morning. the moans, the groans, maybe you have one of the kis kids that's up and at 'em. >> time to go. >> lunchbox ready to go. >> 80,000 kids in loudoun county getting ready for school. meagan fitzgerald live in ashburn where there's a brand new middle school opening. live excitement surrounding all this, we'd imagine. meagan, good morning. >> brand spanking new. nobody wants to end summer break, but coming to a brand new school, you can't beat that. take a look behind me. what makes it unique is the architectural design. it's the first of the kind in loudoun county. a lot of windows means a lot of natural light. being here for the last couple

putting in the signs around the campus, also the american flag. they just took down a sign that was at the front of the school. it said 12th man. they can't be seattle seahawks fans. we wanted to bring in the principal. renee dawson. 12th man, what does this mean? >> we're not seattle seahawks. but we are fans for our students. that's what i wanted to do. i wanted to bring this idea that we are a team and here to support our students. when they walk in today, i want them to see the number 12 and know that they have a staff full of people that are really their fans. >> in addition to that, you worked really hard to touch each one of the students, over a thousand. you wanted to know their faces, their names and then you also asked for thome to write a letter asking you questions. handwritten. you responded. what did you get from there and what did they get? >> i think the great opportunity i had with having them write me letters is learng

wanted to see in their school and what they're nervous about. i put them together and created the climate of the middle school. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> good luck on your opening. you've been out here since before the sunrise. >> yes. >> i know you've been working to get this open. the day is finally here. you're excited. we're excited. >> very excited. >> we're wishing your students and everyone else in loudoun county a great first day of school. back to you guys. >> we talk about all the students but the eachers and the educators who are up early getting ready for this day. >> principal dawson, before the sun comes up, happy exciting. good to hear. >> jack taylor has a look at what's on the roads. >> our trouble spot is in frederick county. chopper 4 has been flying over the scene. after mt. zion road before the split with 15 and 340. right lane is getting by. truck has been put back on the wheelsment all the marble it was hauling is on

>> the inner loop of the beltway at the left exit for the dulles toll road. authorities remain on scene of this mess. two left lanes are closed and it's starting to cause an early delay. mike, traffic has not been great. i saw some of those 70s running across your forecast. >> felg a little bit like fall. we'll have many mornings in a row like this. if you can't get outside and join this, you can do it on the weekend. unseasonably warm weather pattern. that sticks it out through the weekend. potentially, we could see the remnants of it here. we could have rain in the forecast. >> 68 manassas, 68 in clip ton. the clouds are around now but more sunshine this afternoon. then we could have an isolated shower north and west of the district. maybe overnight tonight. local radar, we're dry with the clouds in place. big area of high pressure has moved from canada. in the

tropical storm harvey towards southern texas. could drop 15 inches or more of rainfa rainfall. for us, locally, we're going to stay hugo. the humane rescue alliance, he's still able. he actually can't here either. we're hoping he find a home. >> 5:00 p.m., less humid. really nice today. tomorrow and through the we cannend, upper 70s. maybe even the mid-730 eads. the morning lows in the 60s. yes, we're watching closely the labor day weekend forecast next weekend. sheena, thank you. 6:54 now. kids heading back to school means more traffic on the roads. you probably noticed a difference. >> as you spend more time sitting in traffic, it can get tempting to check e-mails and as scott macfarlane and the i-team shows us, a lot of people are getting pulled over for distr t distracted driving near schools. >> you'll see it as early as next week. the summer traffic gives way to

traffic jams. making it much harder to get to your parking lot and get to work. it will also get more tempting o pick up the phone and see the e-mails and text messages. more people are doing that. >> distracted driving is in our region. in fairfax county alone, we found 12,000 accidents linked to driver distraction just since 2014. in montgomery county, police stopped 11,000 drivers for distraction since last year. we found 1400 of them were in school zones. virginia tech transportation institute, on a safe test row to see how texting and driving could impact our reflexes. including strategically placed hazards on the safe routes, the people are lulled into complacency. >> we find out a lot of stop-and-go traffic, where people take their eyes off the road for more than

to 10 miles per hour. that's when they'll have a fender bender with the car in front of you. there is also distractions in fast traffic too. on we go on the highway with police to see what drivers are doing behind the wheel at 730 miles an hour. for now, scott macular lane. here are four things to know. a single winning powerball ticket was sold in massachusetts. million dollar tickets were sold in maryland and virginia. those winning numbers are in the washington ap. ready for school this morning. more than 80,000 kids are going back to practice today. more than 800 teachers that are new also. >> father -- the arlington catholic diocese confirms that a reporter was about to out father aitcheson before he came clean about his past with the kkk. a

stronger by the minute. soon harvey could become a hurricane. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes for the weather and traffic and news. happy first day of school to everyone in loudoun county. >> make it a great thursday everybody.

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