lovely color and it's -- >> "news4 today" continues now. >> right now, pack the umbrella and your jacket for the holiday weekend. the remnants of harvey are headed our way. we'll break down the timing of the rain. >> plus, the price at the pump going up. we've been warning you about approximate this all week now. we'll show you how much more you'll be paying as you head out of town. >> new information to a story we brought you last night. a veteran chained to his d.c. home for days. demanding change. what we found when we stopped by this morning. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. welcome to september. it feels like the summer zoomed by. you're hours from that holiday weekend. we know. >> we're working for you this morning to help get you on the move this friday. wtop's jack taylor will have a look at the commute. first l

with sheena parveen. a chillier start to the weekend. >> it's going to be certainly a cool start today. it's going to stay cooler than normal. tomorrow as well. tomorrow is going to come with the rain from harvey that we have really been watching and talking about. it's a tropical depression now. the center of the -- most of the rain in kentucky. but it's heading in this direction. the cloud cover we have around right now is because of harvey. as it gets closer, these clouds are going to stay around all day today. temperatures stay cool and that's the way it's going to be heading into the weekend too. except we'll see the rain moving in. for today, your planner for your friday, 9:00 a.m., around the mid-60s by lunchtime. near 70 degrees. we're really not going to get warmer than that this afternoon. then the shower chances increase into your weekend. your labor day coming up. jack taylor is here for your commute. >> sheena, thanks. good morning. on the beltway, montgomery county, old george town road,

only the left lane getting by at old georgetown road. it has caused an early delay. crews are still working on the rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. they'll hang for another hour. one direction at a time. northbound on 28 out of sterling, after sterling boulevard, that work zone should be in the clearing stages. only the right lane getting by. that, again, should be wrapped up by 5:00 or 5:15. closer to 5:00. erika, aaron, back to you. >> it's 5:02 right now. if you're just waking up, we're working to get you caught up on the latest developments with hurricane harvey. >> we have team coverage. we start with molette green at the live desk. >> good morning, guys. the death toll number now up to 39. meanwhile, rescuers continuing the difficult task of looking for anyone still alive or dead who may have gotten trapped in their homes by the floodwaters. and in crosby, texas, all eyes on that flooded chemical plant after critical cooling syms

explosions rocked the area. vice president mike pence toured the damage thursday, days after president trump. >> going to stay with the people of texas all the way through in not just the weeks and months, but very likely the years that it will take for us to rebuild southeast texas. we know we will with these good and strong people. bigger and better than ever before. >> we're talking about an estimated 100,000 homes that have been damaged. molette, i wonder. i know a lot of people have applied for help from fema to take care of their homes. but most of those homes may not be repaired by insurance. >> absolutely, aaron. it's difficult to believe but the majority of the homeowners in houston, they do not have flood insurance. only one in six actually do. many of the homes that were damaged lived in areas where they didn't have the risk of flooding. as little as an inch

can run upwards of $20,000. >> wow. molette green at the live desk. thank you. real quickly, a shoutout to our crew that spent nearly a week in texas. beth brown and amelia draper brought us incredible stories before during and after the storm. >> this is a picture of the two of them arriving back in d.c. yesterday. you can see all of their stories on the nbc washington app. >> that's also where you can find more information about how to help locally. we've listed the shelters from animals from texas that are now up for adoption in our area and the restaurants that are going to be giving a portion of proceeds to victims of the storm. all on the nbc washington app. >> we have team coverage as we follow what's happening in the aftermath of harvey. these are the long lines that are forming in texas as drivers try to fuel up because of a drop in production of

the hurricane wiped out two of the biggest oil refineries increasing gas prices there by $.12 on average. megan mcgrath joins us live from northwest d.c. with a look at how you can also -- will likely be paying more at the pump this weekend. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, guys. yeah, we're not seeing the long lines around here. but we're seeing an impacts. this is an exxon station on wisconsin avenue in northwest. you can see $2.98 for a gallon of regular gas. we are starting to see a little bit of an increase here at the pump. about $.10 in d.c. about $.14 in maryland and virginia since harvey began to flood the coast there. basically, it's the problems with the refineries causing logistical problems. that trickles down to the pump. take a closer look here. the national average for a gallon of regular gas is now $2.45. in d.c., we're seeing

and maryland, $2.42. virginia, $2.24 and to give you context here. in texas they're up around $2.25. aaa says that we could see prices go up a bit more in the next couple of days. >> so the pipeline supplies 100 million gallons of gasoline a day to 50 million customers on the east coast and in the south. so now that pipeline is shut down. 40% of all gasoline supply is not coming in. >> reporter: so if you want to save some money, might not be a bad idea to fill up now because we are expecting a little bit more of an increase in the next couple of days. the colonial pipeline, though, is expected to reopen on sunday. aaa believes that things will start to even out and go down sometime in mid to late september. back to you guys. >> megan, let me ask you quickly. we have a lot of people headed to

higher on the eastern shore for drivers going that way? >> reporter: did check the prices in ocean city and rehoboth. they're a little higher than maryland and virginia. o.c., $2.50 roughly and re hoe bot, $2.53. it's not a huge difference but a slight difference. again, if you're concerned about what you're paying at the pump, fill up here and save a little bit. >> megan mcgrath, thank you so much. we'll check back in with you late e late. if you are headed to the beach, here's a live look at the bay bridge. labor day travel backups, head to the nbc washington app. if you're using i-95 in virginia to get out of town, good news for you. the direction of the express lanes is going to shift to help ease traffic. we'll show you a look at the time that's going to happen. traffic moves southbound beginning at 10:00 this

northbound starting at 2:00 and stay that way through monday and switch back to southbound 11:00 a.m. on tuesday. don't forget you need that e-zpass to travel in the express lanes. now to a developing story out of suitland. prince george's county police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a man and took off. this happened just across the street from the census bureau on suitland road last night. we're waiting to see if anyone saw what happened and have a lead on the car. new information this morning about a purple heart recipient in the district chained to his own house for two days. >> jackie bensen brought you the story about george farris last night at 11:00 p.m. he said the poor upkeep of an alley by the district led to water problems that damaged his home's foundation. justin finch stopped by there and this is what he found. >> reporter: we were called in trying to figure out what's next for homeowner here, as well as his hom

to our jackie bensen on the 11:00 news last night. he was chained up here to his front stoop. soon after he got this notice from the city. an abatement action saying they want to take action to fix his home. he had been here for more than two days. the issue is right around the corner here. you see his home is older and it has river stone, which is now covered by this back here. this alley is blocked so neighbors can't use it at all. it has been blocked for some time as the city decides whether or not to make repairs to this part of the home here. the home is in uninhabitable condition. the they can't live here but the historic river stone behind the doors, a feature not found in homes in our area. they don't want that compromised. but they want to see it fixed. they can't live in the home but they pay taxes here and they also say the issue here was

their home and the property here. the issue with their home was caused by problem here in this area. they want the city to step up. but also in the process not compromise their home. again, we have calls in trying to sort out what's next for the property as well as the farris'. once we have it when we have it on air and on our app. i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. thanks, justin. that will do it. the redskins hang on and win their second straight. >> now it is on to the games that count. that's right. the next time that you watch a redskins game, it will be week one of the regular season. >> preseason ended with a win for the burgundy and gold. next up, a date with the eagles next sunday at fedex field. between now and the then, the team has tough decisions to make. it has to cut 37 players and finalize its roster by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon.

new video that you'll be seeing all day. a nurse carried off her job by officers. >> why she says protecting her patients got her arrested. plus, we told you about them. now they're here. the animals rescued from harvey ready to be adopted in our area and you need to see their faces. good morning. we're watching tropical depression harvey. the rain is headed in our direcon right now. ti

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good morning. talking about harvey. still a tropical depression right now. it's headed in our direction. the cloud cover that we're already seeing outside from it is due to harvey. so we're going to be seeing the rain moving in to start your weekend. coming up, i'll show you the timing of that rain and what to expect for your sunday and monday. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, good morning. thank you. crews wrapped it up on the outer loop of the beltway at old georgetown road. you'll find work on the joud

rosalyn. just pulling off as we speak. now the lanes are available. back to you. jack, thank you. it's 5:15 right now. today we'll learn whether seven members of a penn state fraternity will stand trial. they're accused of playing a role in their frat brother's death after a night of drink and hazing. no one immediately called for help after finding timothy piazza unconscious at the bottom of the stairs. the defense says their clients not responsible for the young man's death. a d.c. family who was planning to send their daughter off to college will be attending her funeral. jamari significant nor was hit by a stray bullet while driving through northeast d.c. last month. she died days later. that funeral starts at 11:00 this morning at the greater mt. calvary church. there's been one arrest but police are looking for two other people in ex

shooting. police say you don't have to worry about the man who opened fire at a metro station. he's off the streets and under arrest. the video shows him shooting down a metro escalator last friday. the man is 22-year-old cesar morale morales. no one was hurt in the shooting. i'm molette green at the live desk. ticketmaster, one of the top event ticket sites is working again after it was down last night in a statement ticketmaster said they were experiencing a significant outage impacting access to fan accounts at sporting events. this is a lot of the preseason nfl fans could not print out their tickets. >> molette, what did those fans have to do then? >> oh, well. e-ticket also down for fans. they all had to do it the old-fashioned day. line up at the box office. go figure, right? >> molette green at the live desk. thank you. we rn

harvey here at home. >> about 100 animals in texas have arrived in waldorf, maryland and looking for new homes. other than dogs, last chance animal rescue is placing cats and rabbits in homes. all have been homeless since before hurricane harvey hit. arriving here to clear the texas shelters for all the animals lost since the storm. some of the animals are in pretty bad shape too. >> we saw this mommy and her four babies. she looked so skinny and scared. we couldn't help but take her home. >> each animal is back vaccinated, sprayed for fleas and ticks and micro chipped. if you can't adopt, would you consider being a foster home for these little guys? beautiful, beautiful little faces. i hope they can find forever homes. bunny rabbit there, guinea pigs. >> images that came out of texas, there were birds that had been -- not necessarily

madness bg on down there. a lot of help needed in a lot of ways for folks in texas. >> right. we are looking frk, at our weather here as well. 67 degrees outside. >> not going to get much warmer, actually. >> if the city wasn't empty, you might think it's fall. it's labor day weekend. that's why nobody is here. we want to send things over to sheena parveen who has been tracking the weather. the next couple of days, we get everything from cooler temperatures, some temperatures that will make you feel like being around at the beach or poolside. >> sheena? >> good morning, guys. looking at nice conditions across the area. right now, for today though, it's going to be cool and cloudy. the clouds that you'll see when you wake up, they'll be due to harvey, which is still a tropical depression. saturday, though, we're getting the rain from harvey. sunday looks good. we'll start to dry up. labor day, we're looking sunny and warm. temperaturewise right now, in the 60s. 64 dulles.

here's harvey, though. centered over tennessee. the rain in kentucky. this has picked up forward speed and bringing us the clouds right now and bringing us cooler weather for today. no rain locally but later on today, we'll have a few showers mostly later tonight. if you're commuting for the holiday weekend, a lot of people are, your commute this morning looks pretty good. 7:00 a.m., 66 degrees. by noon, the roads are still dry. look at the temperatures, only close to 70. unseasonably cool today. normal highs actually 85 degrees. by 5:00 p.m., cloudy, isolated showers. 70 degrees. we're going to stay unseasonably cool and cloudy. but mainly dry. future weather, 3:00 p.m., mostly cloudy skies across the area. by midnight tonight, a few showers starting to move in. then we'll see scattered showers overnight for saturday morning through saturday afternoon. not going to be a good beach day or pool day. even through

going to see clearing through sunday. if your labor day weekend has hiking in the plan, saturday doesn't look good. wet and -- by sunday, it looks good. improving conditions. 73. by monday, sunny and 79. one other thing we're watching. way out on the tropical atlantic. that's hurricane irma. i'm showing you that because we'll be talking about it over the next week and a half or so. here's your five-day forecast. a high chance much rain tomorrow from harvey. sunday looks good. 80 for a high. monday, labor day, looks fantastic. 84. nice and sunny. we'll look at the ten-day forecast coming up. let's check the roads with jack taylor. wtop. good morning, jack. >> sheena, good morning. crews wrapped up on the beltway out of georgetown. residual delay near 355. that should begin to quickly ease. the last of the equipment is off on to the shoulder into the grass area. flashing lights will pull away in the next few minutes. if you're headed out the door, shouldn't be a problem. crews should finish up

rock creek parkway. aaron, erika, back to you. remember, we only kill black people. we only kill black people, right? >> it's a video sparking anger online. an officer telling a driver she's safe because she's white. we've been working for you to bring you school safety tips. today, a look at some gps devices that help you keep an eye on your

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just about 5:30. good morning eb. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez for eun yang. >> you'll need an umbrella for part of your holiday weekend. we're keeping an eye on the weather and the roads, of course. wtop's jack taylor has a look in a second. we start with the forecast from storm team 4 meteorologist

>> all eyes on harvey. it is a tropical depression still. it is right over texas. this thing has moved inland pretty quickly. it was stationary for so many days. the moisture is making its way here. right now, only seeing the cloud cover from it locally. there you see it. these clouds when you walk outside this morning and you see the overcast skies. these are from harvey. the rain won't be here until tomorrow. take a look at future weather. here's the moisture from harvey. as it heads our way, we can see a few showers late. here it is. saturday. rainy start to your labor day weekend. we'll show you the entire labor day weekend forecast. let's check the roads on this finally friday with jack taylor. it's finally here. >> rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. traffic alternates by one direction. it should wrap up a half hour, 45 minutes by 6:15 at the latest. also, 395, a live look leaving springfield headed north. no early worries or delays. traffic is moving

and express lanes will go to the southbound direction at 10:00 this morning. plan ahead after 9:00 they will shut the lanes down for the outgoing traffic. >> aaron, erika, back to you. >> jack, thank you. it's 5:31. right now, harvey is still causing problems for people across the south. want to show you video of flooding overnight out of tennessee. in memphis, the rain flooded neighborhoods brought down trees too. back in houston, the floodwaters are coming down and people are beginning to return home. >> as a scope of the damages really settling in for homeowners, news 4's sarah dallof is in houston with the rebuilding efforts. >> aaron and erika, good morning. for those who have been able to come back to their neighborhood, seeing their homes for the first time has been a shock. about 100,000 are damaged. most people don't have flood insurance. only about one in six do. still in some areas, homes remain underwater and rescues continue. meanwhile,

crosby, texas. they say the initial fire has burned out. but they fear there could be more explosions, more fire and more danger to residents. aaron and erika. >> sarah, thank you. it's 5:32. in our other top stories, harvey is having an impact on local gas prices. we've been warning you about this. the average price for a regular gallon of gas in our area is about $2.40. that's roughly $.10 more than last week. megan mcgrath is out looking for deals this morning. we'll check in with her again at 6:00. >> we're working to find out the name of the man killed in a hit-and-run accident in suitland. he was hit across from the census bureau last night. police haven't released a description of the car. still working on this. >> the redskins preseason ended with a win. washington beat the buccaneers

their official roster today. then it's time to take a look at game one against the eagles. that is next sunday, september 10th. at fedex field. >> 5:33 now. a story a lot of you are talking about. metro union workers calling for tougher punishment after a passenger on a bus threw a cup of urine on a bus driver. the workers say not enough is done to protect drivers. you see the passenger there covering her face. was allowed to -- pleaded not guilty and has now been ordered to get a mental evaluation. >> this week we told you about the church in dumfries that was targeted with racist signs and messages of hate. now for the first time we're hearing from the church pastor. apostle william thompson jr. doesn't understand why anybody who put hateful things on his church. this is not the first time. earlier, pastor thompson said there was a disturbing drive-by

nobody was hurt. despite the threats, he has no hate in his heart. >> let them know that we forgive them and love them as well. we're praying for them. >> senator tim cain stopped by the church to talk with church members yesterday. those members say they will continue to worship like they always have. >> this morning, three men are still on the loose in the district after breaking into a business and taking off with an atm. in this video, you can see the two of them get out of this suv, wrap their hands around this thing. haul it away and put it in the back of an suv and just take off with it. police say this was video from pennsylvania avenue in the hill east section of southeast d.c. where that happened. >> today we could find out what's next for the lynnhill condo building in temple hills as a status hearing this afternoon authorizing the sale of that building. it was declared unsafe by inspectors. you might remember the heartbreaking stories of more than 1

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that has a lot of people outraged. >> but you're not black. remember, we only kill black people. yeah, we only kill black people, right? all the videos you've seen, have you seen black people get killed? >> the officer made the statements after the woman inside the car on the passenger side said she didn't want to put her hands down. this happened last july, four days after the cell phone video of orlando castillo's death inside his car. the cobb county police chief says the officer's actions were unacceptable and he will be fired. >> i don't know what's in his heart. but i certainly know what came out of his mouth. it's inexcusable. >> the chief said the community and his own officers expected an appropriate response. arrested for protecting her patient. that's why one nurse says she was carried off the job. what led to this dramatic arrest inside a hoal

well, good friday morning. we'll see a cloudy and cool end to the week. a rainy and cool start to your labor day weekend. for today, we may not barely break 70 degrees this afternoon. but the overcast skies will be with us from tropical depression harvey. the rain arrives tomorrow. i'll show you a timing of it and also what you can expect for sunday and monday coming up. we're looking pretty decent as we start things off this morning. no early issues or big warnings to speak of. the red light is headed away from you would be the taillights. no ake lights to bebr

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it's an animal so ugly it's kind of cute. we'll tell you about this little guy and why he's making history at the national zoo. first, we start with a developing story this morning. the search continues for a driver in a deadly hit and run. >> news 4's justin finch is live at the scene in suitland to break down what happened. justin? >> reporter: erika, good morning. we're now awaiting an update from the prince george's county police department. one that might give us an idea of the vehicle involved in this crash and also the driver as well. we're also awaiting too the naming of the victim who lost his life walking along the road here across from the census bureau here. this all happening close to 8:15 last night on the 4500 block of suitland road between silver hill road and shady side avenue. this man was hit by a vehicle that did not st

told, that he was nknocked out from his shoes. the victim was taken to the hospital where he later died. if you know this area of suitland, you know it is a well-traveled road with businesses along the side of it. there is a chance that perhaps a surveillance camera or two caught the accident or perhaps the victim and the vehicle in process. we're live here in suitland, i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you in the studio. >> justin, thank you. take a look at storm team 4 radar. harvey is moving through tennessee and headed in our direction. we've been tracking this storm step by step for more than a week now. >> this morning, we're learning more about harvey's path of destruction through the south. this is video of flooding in mississippi yesterday. harvey has now killed 38 people and damaged nearly 100,000 homes. officers are going to continue their door to door checks today in houston. president trump has pledged a million dollars of his own money to help harv

september national preparedness month. but it is congress who may be unprepared for their long to-do list. >> when lawmakers return, they'll decide were to shut down the government or raise the debt ceiling. that will affect the thousands of workers in our area. tracie potts is live on the hill with more on other issues that congress is tackling. long list, tracie. >> in addition to all of that, those are two big ones you mentioned. the children's health insurance program, known as chip needs to be reauthorized. this is an important one. national flood insurance set to run out at the end of september. $25 billion in debt, congress has got to deal with all of those in a few days. work days left of september when they come back. separate from all of that is the emergency aid, disaster relief for the victims of harvey and louisiana and in texas. the government says so far more than 300,000op

for some sort or some level of assistance. they're getting 900 calls a day. vice president pence in texas promised that the government is going to take care of everybody, homes and businesses. but first, congress needs to act. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. thank you. molette green at the live desk. big tech companies took to social media to line up sfor for a program that president trump is ready to end. facebook ceo mark zucker beg pledged his support of dak a, the obama era program protects 800,000 people brought to the country illegally as children. they are called dreamers. microsoft, amazon and other silicon valley bigwigs are part of this effort to get president trump's attention. the tech giants say the dreamers are vital to their future and the u.s. economy. that is the latest. back to you. >> molette, thank you. russia has until mo

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in utah. the nurse was not allowed to draw blood from a patient. >> we're done. we're done. you're under arrest. >> in that video you can hear the nurse say she's done nothing wrong as the officer takes her into custody. police say she refused to give the officer vie als of blood for an investigation after the end of the july. nurse claims they sdrnt a warrant and didn't meet the mandatory criteria needed for taking the blood samples. >> only job i have as a nurse is to keep my patients safe. a blood draw gets thrown around like it's a simple thing. but blood is your blood. that's your property. >> it was alarming. immediately after seeing the video, they started an internal affairs investigation to loo

with a crime. so far she has not filed a civil action suit against the police department. but is calling for better officer training. good news if you use the u street metro station to get to work or school. the escalator is set to reopen this morning. construction on the 13th street entrance is complete with two brand new escalators and service much the work was supposed to take six months but wrapped up a month ahead of schedule. ready for you to take a ride. go for it. have you ever heard of a screaming hairy armadillo. >> >> that's a really good drink. >> we're not talking about that cocktail, aaron. it is 5:00 somewhere. lord help us. it is an actual animal at the national zoo. two in fact. the armadillo pups were just born and no, they're not screaming just because they're a little hair

tell if they're male or female. you have to wait a little bit before they can have any visitors. >> they don't actually scream? anybody? >> i don't know. >> i'm not getting this. i don't know. >> i would pay money to see an animal do that. walk into the zoo and that happens. hilarious. >> i just know what happens when you go to visit. >> i've never seen a baby armadillo. >> never seen one. >> scary hairy, armadillo. >> sheena, help us out, please. >> i love that story. >> you should do a little extra, not fur, hair. >> don't say it's cold out. >> it's not warm, how about that? >> it's not warm. it's pretty pleasant outside right now. tomorrow, however, it's going to be a different story. right now we have cloud ve

it's a tropical depression still. centered over tennessee, bringing us cloud cover locally. we don't have the rain just yet. today will be cloudy and cool. the rain from harvey will get here tomorrow. sunday and monday, it looks good in the forecast. locally, a lot of cloud cover, chance of rain increases late tonight. temperaturewise, though, we're only in about the mid-60s through the area. frederick at 59. clinton 64. 71 in quantico. but today, these temperatures won't be really getting above 70 very much. we'll stay cloudy and cool. here's future weather. clouds are with us. still very, very little in the way of rain chances. by midnight, a few scattered showers moving in. by 7:00 a.m. saturday, you'll be waking up to see scattered showers. the rain chances go up through saturday evening. saturday not looking very good for the grill. maybe you can squeeze it in. we are looking at showers in the forecast for saturday. highs only around the low 70s. sunday much better. 81 degrees. monday looking really

if you are -- if you have golf in the plans for the extended labor day weekend, sunday is looking like the best day. early in the morning, we could have a chance of a shower. but we could see improvements. by 10:00 a.m., drying. by the afternoon, more sunshine for your sunday. monday, labor day looks good. sunny, 84. by tuesday, near 90. more rain chances next week. let's go to jack taylor with a look at the roads. good morning, jack. >> hey, sheena. good morning. don't want to jinx anything. we're off to a nice quiet start early on a friday among. rock creek parkway, traffic is still alternating through this work zone. they usually wrap up by 6:00, 6:15. this could pose potentially be in the clearing stages. >> 270 out of frederick, to the lane divide. difficult pattern here of 118. light but all in all not too bad. we'll see if it continues as we head into the holiday weekend. you may have lighter than volume if hu

aaron, erika, back to you. >> jack, thank you. 5:54 now. if you use lyft you'll be able to use it more often. they're ex paenld panneding their service to 32 more states. that includes the hard to reach rural areas that have no consistent service. the move means lyft will offer statewide coverage in 40 states. uber controls about 70% of the market. it has near statewide coverage in 13 states. the problems for wells fargo keep getting worse. it could mean very bad news for you. the bank admitted that well over a million more accounts have been opened in customers' names. the total reaches about 3.5 million bank accounts. the fake accounts were created between 2009 and 2016. employees were pressured to open phony accounts to meet quotas. if you were affected. wells fargo is expected to contact you and make sure that you get any fees returned

you. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. sal sung has a permit to sell self-driving cars in california. this is after apple got permission. in may -- to test a car with sensors and software. it plans to use the car to develop technology that could drive in adverse weather. however, samsung has no plans to make actual cars. that's the business report. i'm landon dowdy. >> landon, thank you. when people order an ice cold drink at a restaurant, you normally get a straw with that. a new company wants you to skip the straw. the straw sucks campaign out of canada asks everybody to say no when it comes to straws. the reason is they're not recyclable. >> it's time that we start thinking differently about why are we using these plastic items. the reason for this

there are 500 million straws that are used per day in north america. the average person only uses them for about four minutes. >> the campaign behind the -- the people behind the campaign say there are alternatives to single-use plastic straws like stainless steel reusable straws. >> the whole wrinkle with this. >> like with cigarettes. just from puckering your lips so much. >> oh, my word. we're all going to need a little -- >> nothing wrong with that. >> you can use this study to your advantage next time somebody doesn't want to takt dog for a walk. walking a dog does wonders for your mental health. >> psychologists at the university of liverpool say that humans benefit as much as their pets on the little strolls. dog walkers reported being happier after walking twice a day. taking your pet out could help with weight loss if that's something you want to do. a pet owner briskly walking

exceeds the 150 minutes per week. >> it's not even 6:00 a.m. and we're talking about cupcake plans for the weekend. >> if you find a dog to walk, eat the cupcake while you're walking. the. >> we need help, my friends. it's 5:57 now. next on "news4 today" 6:00 a.m., we're waking you up with the best brew. >> if coffee is part of your morning routine, experts reveal how to quench that caffeine craving. the new video in. the rain may be over in texas, but harvey has moved on. we'll show you where it's hitting now before it arrives in our area. >> reporter: you may pay more at the pump this holiday weekend. how harvey is affecting gas prices in our area, coming up.

forced out by floods. loyal friends looking for a little love. all right. want to show it to you first. look at what's left of harvey. the storm continues to trek north and east. it's a tropical depression now. harvey will arrive here just in time for the labor day weekend. we'll have a look at the timing and the impact for you. first, it is 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. our team is working for you. you'll notice a big change when you head out the door. >> we'll begin with meteorologist sheena parveen. 66 degrees outside our studios, sheena. >> wait until the afternoon. we aren't going to warm up much from here. we'll be around 70 later today. that will be the daytime high. it's in the mid-80s. we have tropical depio