>> sheena, good morning. not a great start for those moving around frederick with breaking news. northbound lanes on 270 are closed just after route 85. a couple trucks were involved in the crash. a medivac helicopter arrived on scene, blocked the southbound lanes. the helicopter is clear now and southbound lanes are open, northbound remains close. trying to get on to 270 from 85, unclear if you can do that. we know now that we'll get a good look at the activity northbound on 270, 85 all lanes are blocked. back to you. >> jack, thank you. we want to give you another look where harvey is this morning. that storm a tropical depression now. it's moving through northern louisiana and into mississippi. the storm may be moving on, but the devastation it left behind is extraordinary. this is a live look at houston this morning. 32,000 people are waking up in shelters around that area. many have no idea if and when they'll be able to go home.

end up costing $75 billion in damage. meanwhile, we could be headed toward a major gas price increase in the area. the main fuel line from texas to the east coast is shut down because of harvey. >> gas fries have gone up $.06 in one week. and vice president mike pence will visit texas. the death toll from harvey continues to climb. 28 people have been killed by the storm and officials expect the number to rise as floodwaters recede and they begin to go door-to-door searches. it's not a question of if but when a chemical plant will explode. it doesn't have any power right now. that's a huge concern in the area. other big news out of texas. >> kristin wright at the live desk. >> late last night a federal judge temporarily blocked the state's new ban on sanctuary cities. that same law worried a lot of

public shelters because it lets police ask if you're in the u.s. legally during any routine stop. texas' governor says the state will appeal the ruling. new video this morning showing police officers from around texas coming in to give houston police some much-needed rest. you take a look. dozens of officers from san antonio and ft. worth pulled into town last night. most houston police officers have been working around the clock since harvey made landfall last friday. more help is on the way. officers from around the country are expected to arrive throughout the weekend. some people are being allowed to go back home and assess the damage caused by harvey. it is an emotional process for so many. our amelia draper shows us the damage to one family's home southeast of houston. take a look at how high the water level was. you can see here with the debris still on the walls. everything here in the home

trashed. take a look as we come in the home. water just everywhere on the floors. you can see already items removed from shelves. put into bins. the cleanup process, though, only just beginning. >> the governor of texas says 219,000 people have applied for fema assistance to rebuild. amelia has been in texas before the storm made landfall. you can watch all her stories about the people experiencing this storm and the aftermath in the nbc washington app. while there, you can find ways to donate and to help the victims just by searching how to help. breaking news back at the live desk now. the u.s. is showing off military power in the korean peninsula. supersonic bombers and fighter jets over south korea. this morning all of this coming a couple of days after the north launched a missile over japan. the tensions just keep rising although this is a typical

response when the north makes threats. back to you. >> kristin, the north has said that it takes offense to the military drills tweent u.s. and south korea. is this all related to that. >> it may be. they just finished these drills involving tens of thousands of american and south korean troops. president trump has said all options are on the table dealing with any north korean threats. we'll see. new video this morning showing the heartbreaking procession for a sacramento sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed yesterday. robert french was killed in a gun battle in connection to a stolen car. two california highway patrol officers were also hurt in this. it all started when two women, believed to be part of a stolen car ring led police on a 20-mile chase before ending up at a hotel. that's where another suspect opened fire on police killing french. all three suspects are in

metrobus to school, you want to hear the next story. they're looking for a woman who tried to abduct a 7-year-old. this happened on a 92 metrobus from southeast across capitol hill to u street. if you have any information, you're asked to call metro transit police. she was rude. that's why the woman accused of throwing a cup of her urine on a metrobus driver said she did it. opal brown actually called us after she saw the story about her on "news4 today." hours later, we were the only ones there as police took her into custody. she spoke with our adam tuss and gave her side of the story. a conversation that you'll hear only on news 4. >> i asked her, why are you so mean to the customers that come on the bus? for real? i was like -- redeem herself. that's all. metro is inconsiderat

police say the attack was unprovoked and brown is being charged with simple assault. the redskins hope to end the preseason with a win tonight as they take on tampa bay. the starters probably won't play. but there is still a lot on the line here. guys are trying to make the team and live out their dreams too. kickoff set for 7:30 here on nbc4. that will be followed by the post game report and news 4 at 11:00. then the 'skins open their regular season on september 10th against the eagles. good luck. >> ready for that, for sure. it's 4:36. let's get another check on weather and traffic. >> a look at what you face as you head out the door. first, back to wtop's jack taylor with breaking news this morning. jack? >> our tough spot was 270 northbound. our accident activity up just after the interchange with 85, the pike. good news is the length of the -- southbound travel lanes have been blocked. th

ground. there may be a vehicle that broke down in the delay. there was a rubber necking slowdown. northbound lanes of 270, 85 reopened. southbound 270 near 85, may have one vehicle broken down in the roadway. otherwise in decent shape. there had been activity on 395 northbound north of edsel road. the sign work. that's been completed. northbound travel lanes opening once again. chuck, sheena, tell me we have better news in the weather than i do on the roads. >> good morning, jack. a lot better news in the weather department today. it's going to be a nice dayment a little warmer outside. >> it is still august for one more day. >> one more day. >> you know how i love to count those down. >> i love your assistance with that. >> it's going to feel like summertime today. but the weather front to our north promises a rapid end to the feel of summertime. tomorrow will be some 20 or more degrees colder in the afternoon. this morning, most of the rain has been across

started mostly in the low to mid-6 mid-60s. as you get ready to put something on the kids this morning, probably won't need the jacket with morning temperatures in the 60s. by later in the afternoon, talk about short sleeves and sunglasses, sheena. >> going to be nice this afternoon. tomorrow morning, you might want the light jacket. i'm going to bring one tomorrow morning, especially saturday morning. that looks the coolest. for today, the school day forecast is looking pretty good. the kids at the bus stop, not bad. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. staying dry for that too. by lunchtime, close to 80 degrees. then going through the afternoon, we'll be warmer, around the mid-80s. isolated shower possible. we're still watching harvey around louisiana. thankfully, it's picking up forward speed and getting out of gulf coast state. once it leaves louisiana, it will impact us through the weekend. currently, cloud cover from the top end of this system. coming up in a bit, we'll have how it will

>> thanks, sheena. it's the time of day kids and parents look forward to and apparently so do crooks. they're taking advantage of parents picking up kids from daycare. you nigh it was coming. what we learned about the eclipse glasses recalled by amazon. we're having fun as we help you get ready for school. on this throwback thursday. do you recognize this guy. maybe see him on the field in the redskins game. >> that's kirk cousins. back to school pix as well with your kids.

4:42 right now. supposed to be a safe place. but more and more crime is popping up. >> thieves appear to be targeting a preschool parking lot in fairfax county. the latest break-ins reported at chester brook academy in fair lakes. parents have been notified. the thieves are targeting them they pick up their kids. >> we all work hard, you know. i just think any type of wrongdoing, theft or anything like that just isn't -- shouldn't happen. >> fairfax county police are investigating the break-ins, but in the meantime they're reminding parents to pay close attention. lo

amazon has been hit with a lawsuit over those solar eclipse glasses. a south korea couple says the glasses were defective and damaged their eyes. you'll remember before the eclipse amazon issued a recall of potentially hazardous glasses. it couldn't verify whether they were made by a reputable company. amazon has not commented on the lawsuit. the latest news on harvey. it could affect your labor day weekend. >> saturday is in trouble on a sunshine and do things outside perspective. today, nothing to worry about. sunshine most of the day. temperatures low to mid-80s. way cooler tomorrow and way rainier into saturday. sheena has that ten-day forecast coming right now. chuck, thank you. sounds like something out of the movie

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good morning everybody. it's 4:45 on your thursday morning. still tracking all the moisture from harvey. all that moisture is being thrown in our direction. we'll have to deal with harvey the first half of our long holiday weekend. as mentioned, sheena has that forecast coming up. lawmakers return to capitol hill next week and president trump wants to make sure they act on taxes. >> the president made his tax reform pitch to a crowd of supporters yesterday hoping it would put pressure on congress. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, the president didn't provide a lot of detail yesterday. so is he leaving that up to congress? what's going on here? >> that seems to be the plan. the president laz out the -- the idea of tax reform. congress does the hard work of coming up with a way to support some of the

like fewer taxes for the middle class and for businesses. he spent a lot of time talking about that. >> business owners have to pay less to washington, they can pay more to their workers. a modern day trickle down type theory. no. it was short on details. republicans are expected to meet with the president on that next week. tracie, couldn't help but notice the president made that speech as texas and louisiana are dealing with harvey. everybody focused on that. there's been reaction to that fact. >> there was a block as he talked about that at the beginning of his speech. the president acknowledging the character of the people who come to the rescue of the victims we've seen in texas. he talks about the resilience of the people in texas. support from the federal government. he's headed back down there on saturday. tracie potts on the hill for us thank you. breaking news at the live desk. we found out a man

14th street and columbia heights. a couple of blocks south of the metro, this is video of the scene last night. the actual shooting was on harvard street in northwest. police said now they're looking for a thin man in dark clothing. not much to go on, really. if you know anything at all about what happened, call police. aaron? kristin, thank you. a gaithersburg mother made one of the most difficult rides of her life when she received her son's body in dover, delaware. the second class kevin sayer bushell's body was found. flags were flown at half-staff in his honor. he was one of the ten sailors killed on the "uss john mccain" when it collided with an oil tanker earlier this morning. timothy echols jr. of carroll county was among those killed also. the mother of a woman killed in a deadly charlottesville rally will do her first

the ellen show tweeted that heather heyer's mom will appear on the show. not sure when it will air yet. we do know that the man in this iconic photo from that day will also be on the ellen show next week. marcus martin threw himself in front of an oncoming car to protect his fiance. every day, you can watch the ellen show right here before news 4 at 4:00. we are getting you ready for school. today is a big day for prince george's and montgomery county students. it's orientation day for some students in those counties. middle and high school students in montgomery county will meet their teachers an classmates. while in prince george's county, students entering pre-kindergarten or kindergarten will help them transition into their schools. a lot of parents are still busy, scrambling to do their back to school shopping. >> yeah. melissa mollet, we caught up

she hit the stores with all three kids in tow now. we fast forwarded through the hectic day that many of you can relate to on average, parents spend about $500 per child in back to school shopping. >> money that includes all the gadgets kids need today, the clothing and other supplies. melissa had all those things on her list. her advice to other parents who need to hit the store before tuesday, plan ahead and ask for help. >> we went through and said my pencils are worn out. i'll get new ones. but my pencil sharpener works well. i won't need to get another one. >> ask for help. if you have any questions like we're all here to help and create a great experience. if you have a question, you need to find something particular, we're here to help. >> target manager there also suggests checking the weekly circulars for the best

including cash back rewards credit cards or online portal. >> one in the basket, one walking and another strapped to her chest. looking great. we miss you melissa, hope you have a great back to school day brennan. get ready for a close call in space. >> look out for an asteroid passing by the earth's surface when it zips by our planet. it's expected to fly at a distance of 27,000 miles. so close. asteroid is about the same size as the rock that exploded above a russian city back in 2013. we actually saw video of that. >> aaron, space is very large. 27,000 miles is like that. >> in the grand scheme? >> in the grand scheme of things. look at everything. >> don't be scared. don't worry. you'll survive it. >> go outside with your alum

>> so the forecast for the next couple of days has something for everybody in it? spring, fall, winter, summer. >> like you mentioned, warmer today, erika. cooler tomorrow. wait until you see the highs tomorrow. then we have rain in the forecast. we have a lot going on over the next few days through your labor day weekend much harvey rain will get here late friday into saturday. improvements sunday into monday. your entire labor day weekend will not be seeing rain. just about the first day of it. 69 washington. 63 front royal. it's comfortable later this afternoon. 85 for a high, mix of sun and clouds. we could see an isolated shower at best. but the rain that we're really watching is still in the gulf coast states. there's harvey spinning in louisiana. finally picking up forward motion and moving inland. here's what will happen. here's future weather. crossing tennessee by friday. it's here saturday morning. could even see showers

it late friday night. there's saturday, 9:00 a.m. expect showers throughout the day. not a good beach day or pool day either. speaking of your pool forecast, if you're making those plans this weekend, saturday, harvey remnants. temperatures in the low 70s. sunday, improvements. nicer conditions and on monday, sunny, mid-80s. if you're headed to the beach, going to be chilly and rainy on saturday. sunday looks good. monday looks good. as you can see, things improve after saturday. that's fantastic news. after that, though, we're watching a stretch of rain going into next week. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> let's check the roads with jack taylor at wtop. >> sheena, good morning. we had overnight work on 50 at the bay bridge. the westbound span has been closed. now it's reopened. two lanes westbound and eastbound. not a big delay, thankfully. in decent shape otherwise. we had work on 395 year edsel road. one lane was getting by. we have ait

you get on the road and head through that stretch, it should be completely clear. back to you. jack, thank you. his mom thought it was okay, but disney didn't. why they are now apologizing to a little boy for the way he wanted to dress at one of their parks. they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. what about dinner? the new study that says you may lose weight if you skip it. if you're just joining us, we'll have a little fun getting you ready for school with throwback thursday pictures. see if you recognize this nbc family member. guess who it is? that's one hoda

a popular trail for bicyclist and hikers. the georgetown branch trail that links bethesda and silver spring will close on tuesday for construction of the purple line. this shows the existing trail and the work zone. the red line is the trail detour. it sends users along jones bridge road. critics say that road is too busy and potentially unsafe. if construction goes as planned, you'll be able to ride the purple line. you see it connecting to the metro system. you'll be able to ride that in

apologizing to a boy who was told he couldn't dress up like a princess. >> the boy was not allowed to participate in the princess for a day experience because he's not a girl. the boy's mom says he's a huge fan of elsa from frozen and loves to wear the elsa dress. they were denied. his mom was furious and said there's a double standard between girls and boys. >> if a little girl went to disneyland and wanted to do a pirate experience or a something else, there would be no way they'd stop them from doing it. why is there a difference? >> disneyland was sorry and insisted it didn't have a policy of barring boys from the princess for a day experience. we have a pretty important recall to tell you about this morning. a massachusetts company is recalling

cooked chicken sausage. talking about the buffalo-style fit and trim fully cooked chicken sausage. they're pulling it because of so-called misbranding and undeclared allergens. the product was sold in several states, including maryland. if you have some sausage in your fridge, that sausage, you're asked not to eat it. we're weeks away from the new lidl store opening. it will open on september 14th. it will be the first grocery store in the d.c. area. they plan to open 100 stores along the east by next summer. in news for your health, if you're having trouble losing weight, you may want to cut out dinner. a new study says that we are doing it all backwards. that we should eat our biggest meal in the morning. actually, folks in mexico do this. load up on a big breakfast and fasting between -- people who eat later, after 6:00, just weigh more. fasting overnht

can -- your body can burn more calories efficiently. this of course, according to the study. i feel if i do that, i wake up hungry. >> we've heard that before. if you're going to do carbs, do it in the morning, have all day to burn it off and eat a sensible dinner. >> my family, the biggest meal is lunch. then dinner is lighter. stay with us. "news4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. right now, tracking harvey. the storm that left parts of texas in ruins is starting to head north and we will soon feel its impact. storm team 4 breaking down what it means for your holiday forecast. breaking overnight. fighting back, the u.s. showing force as north korea speeds up its nuclear tests. >> we showed you her picture and she called us. only on news 4, we spoke to the woman who