i think that's the biggest question mark. >> in dallas, fear of the gas shortage caused the run on the pumps. >> i know i've got for saying they're out of gas. i went to six other spots before here. >> the federal government is releasing a million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserves and experts say it's enough supply. chris, nbc news, new york. now at 5:00, the flood waters are receding, a harsh reality sets in. families struggling to recover from the loss of property and loved ones. >> to wake up in the morning and not see them. >> plus a beloved coach killed in a crash on the side of the road and the team that's coming together to remember him in a special way. rallies from coast to coast as the thousands of young immigrants known asam

allowed to stay in a place they call home. >> storm team 4, tracking a system that will effect your labor day weekend. what's left of harvey, it's already in our area, soon enough some rain will be falling. let's get the latest from doug. >> we're seeing a little bit of that rain out there right now. some rain for sure, this is not going to be huge impact, it is going to happen on saturday during the labor day weekend, not the best weekend forecast for you. tracking some of the showers, but a lot of this not really reaching the ground but -- up towards the haguers town area, that's really it. the wider view, it looks like we've had a lot of rain coming through, the atmosphere so dry, look down around raleigh, severe weather here, if you're traveling down to virginia beach, maybe down towards the outer banks, that's going to be a tough go. now, here comes the storm itself, y c

of it right now crossing over in towards portions of kentucky. this is what's moving our way, we're expecting rain out there on your saturday. now, i do have the latest from hurricane irma. it continues to strengthen. i want to show you how far away it is from the island. five, six days away from the island. we don't know exactly where this is going to go. as i mentioned at about 15, 20 minutes ago it is a category 3. winds 120 miles an hour. it is expected to become a category 4 in the atlantic. much more on that forecast. i'll have the new track for you. i'll be back in about 10, 15 minutes. >> staying top on breaking news two shooting investigations under away. it's near charter school. the other is in southeast on the road just south of the street. aimee cho is there this evening, aimee. >> reporter: that young boy who was shot is just 16 years old. he is still live and

and has been taken to the hospital. now, i want you to take a look behind me at that gray car over there. that car has been hit by bullets over a dozen times. it's got several shattered windows. this is an area where a lot of school children, we've seen the young kids walking home from school and they have to go around this crime scene tape. this is one of two crime scenes in the area about half an hour after this shooting. there was another shooting just up the street. we've got video from that scene that we'll play for you, as well. this was in the northeast quadrant of dc, 4,000 block of minnesota northeast, over there, too, we've seen a car with a lot of bullet holes and shattered windows. we know a man was shot in the arm. this was right outside the friendship charter school. area with a lot of kids. in that case, dc police say they're searching for a man with a gun and extended clip. back out here live, dc police still have a lot of investigating to do, it's still too early to tell whether these tw

related. we'll stay here on the scene and continue to bring you more updates as we get them. live in southeast, aimee cho, news 4. >> the story we first broke for you in the nbc washington app, one year ago a young child's debt struck a cord. today's developments dropped strong emotion from parents in a community. >> disgust, outrage, heart break, despair. >> this as prosecutors plan to drop charges against the drivers accused of hitting a baby in a crosswalk. david culpepper picks up the story from louden county. >> you don't have to look forward to see signs honoring the life of tristan schultz, the young life, baby, killed in this intersection a year ago. a lot of the follks who live in this community were hoping for justice. with news today that the

charges against the driver, well, they feel like that justice simply won't happen. >> i was hoping there would be some sort of punishment, i mean, a life was taken. he crashed into a mother and her infant in the crosswalk. there should be repercussions for that. >> the prosecution says, the voluntary manslaughter charges against john miller the fourth are difficult to per sue. we're talking about witness testimony and evidence collected from the cell phone that he used when driving here august 31st of last year. they say it's conflicting evidence and simply not enough to move forward beyond a reasonable doubt. >> the reality is, the laws need to change. people's behaviors need to change. i think we need to see that their behaviors won't change. >> it was yesterday when several in this community were gathered here honoring the one year anniversary of tristan's death.

feel as if we can do anything to take away their pain. their child is gone. i think the best we can do is try to find some meaning and some hope and to keep this from happening again. >> earlier today, i did call the attorney for the defendant in this case, steve webster. he told me that his client, john miller the 4th. was not going to comment at this time. he didn't want to comment on behalf of his client, citing there are two lesser charges pending against him. one of them being reckless driving. in louden county, i'm david culver, news 4. >> let's head back down to texas and the hearty aftermath, new evacuations for thousands and homes in houston, even though the rain is over. the mayor is telling people on the western part of the city to leave, crews will continue to release water, they'll be doing that for the next two weeks. the death toll stands at 39. houston officials say harvey damaged more than 150,000 homes. the president has declared

he is expected to return to texas tomorrow to visit more towns effected by this storm. and there are new warnings tonight about fraud in the flood zone. federal officials warning homeowners, do not fall for fake contractors. >> well, harvey has caused many families overwhelming grief, especially one houston mom who lost four of her children. tonight, she's opening up about her heart break for the very first time. leon harris is in the newsroom with her story. >> just a crush of story, susan. remembering her children as happy kids. she said they were social butterflies. they'll talk to anyone. they were riding in a van with their grandparents and their uncle when it was swept away with flood waters. the uncle escaped and found clinging to a tree. the children age 6 to 16 and two grandparents were trapped inside that van. and that's where they died. earlier today, the kids' mom sat down with

>> i think a lot of people are looking at what you had to endure, a lot of people are asking, how are you getting through this? >> it's hard. i have to keep all my family with me at all times and just let the day go by. it's hard to wake up in the morning and not see them. we'll wake up early in the morning, made breakfast. we always eat breakfast together before we leave wherever we have to go. this was very hard. very hard. >> hard to imagine what she's going through right now. tonight, the danger is far from over for others who live that in that region. search and rescue crews are working tirelessly to make sure no one is trapped inside their homes and vehicles. as the flood waters begin to recede, as some people are getting a loo a

devastation. sarah has the latest from houston. >> harvey bringing rain to new states. flooded roads and neighborhoods in tennessee and tornado touching down in western alabama. in the weeks since harvey made land fall scenes like this one have played out across the region. crews using an ax to rescue a mother and her four children. >> fire department. >> and in houston, firefighters going door to door, checking on residents and looking for the mi missing. >> in other neighborhoods, clean up begins. some experts believe this storm could exceed katrina in terms of damages, insurance losses estimated as much as 37 billion. this is the first disaster where companies and homeowners are using drones to serve a devastation. >> in some cases, we don't even need to get out to the property to start the repairs. >> hoping to speed up the process for people already pushed to the

with refineries off line and major pipeline to the east coast disrupted. harvey's destruction is having an impact on gas prices, they're up 16 cents in a week. in houston, nbc news. well, more shelter animals from texas are coming to our area tomorrow, oh my goodness. they're so cute. news 4 was at the last chance animal rescue in waldorf yesterday as the first round of pets arrived. you see them right now. these animals have been homeless since before harvey hit. they are coming here to help clear the shelters in texas and make room for all of the animals displaced during the storm. the humane rescue is making room, if you adopt one of their cats or dogs this weekend, you don't have to pay adoption fees. president trump threatened to shutdown if the border wall is not funded. now the commander in chief could be changing his tune. plus a day in the court for owners of the condo complex where dangerous conditions

homes. why a judge says he's at a total loss for how to deal with this messy case. this is one of the most read stories on our app this week. that incident with the metro driver, that woman with a cup of urine. it is now leading to som

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many of these families have been living out of their suitcases for days.

keep people out of the condos in temple hills indefinitely. so owners took their case to court and now they want to file for bankruptcy. tracee wilkins is live in temple hills. tracee, we also learned about some sort of silver lining, perhaps, a small pay out for some of the residents. >> yeah, some news that a lot of folks here are going to be happy to hear about. they've got the gates up and fences in place to protect this property. police are checking when people tried to come in and out of here. you can see folks moving out. today i found out when i was in court, that some of these people have money coming their way, soon. >> bring the building back up to code and be able to pay the utilities. right now, that's a very very hard task. >> today inside prince georges county court. lawyers -- debated what to do with the now

condominiums. >> the court hasn't made that determination, as to who gets what and how it gets distributed. >> people were forced to leave the condos almost two weeks ago. >> breaking down on, you know, away from them because i can't -- i can't let them see me be weak. >> dozens of families are still living in hotels provided by the county. there's no decision in court today, but the judge who may have a final say on the future, says the general assembly needs to make sure something like this -- >> there's a reason why these people -- we chose to say here, you get what i'm saying because it's affordable to us. >> never happens again. >> no one got involved in this particular situation with the idea that they were made -- >> people who

inland when they lost utilities last year. could see some settlement money because it was ruled that it was against the law for the utilities to be shut off. they'll have to deal with each owner as well. tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> we have some breaking news on a story we first brought you last night. we're learning the name of a man that was killed in hit-and-run accident. police say a pickup truck hit 29-year-old clayton on suit land road near the census bureau. may have seen this accident to give them a call. it happened around 8:00 last night. police say the pickup truck was gold. >> well, this video is chilly, a man aiming a gun at someone at the columbia heights metro station and then firing down the escalator. neighbors in

now rest easy. police say they have the gunman in custody. the shooting at the columbia heights station happened during the day last friday. the intended target ran off. the suspect, caesar was spotted in silver spring yesterday. circulating in the media and called 911. >> president trump appears to back off his threat to shutdown in october at least for now. last month, the president appeared ready for a shutdown if congress didn't find his $1.5 billion project. but the washington post reports the white house is no longer expecting that funding in the october funding bill. the president is, though, expected to dry again for the wall funding in december. federal workers will get a raise next year, not as much as some wanted.

congress. the raise takes effect january. most employees will receive a bump just under 2%. there was a military will get just over 2%. pay raise is just below the raise that president obama had authorized. some members of congress, mostly democrats, had asked for a 3% raise. but the president says he believes the more modest raise is enough to keep a competitive work force. the president of turkey is not happy that 15 of security details have now been indicted after the clash you see right there. president says he plans to take the matter up with the president when the two leaders meet in new york later on this month. the guards, allegedly. . he called the indictment, a scandalous expression of how justice works. >> and strong words from north korea after the u.s.

the most advanced war planes close to the boarder. they're response to the missile launch over japan this week. the latest on the rising tensions in that region. >> north korea has reacted to the military operation today saying that it was a wild military reacting with anger and outrage, perhaps that north korea is ready and prepared to conduct under ground nuclear test. >> they were totally justified in response to that north korea missile that flew over japan. it was huge by the united states. some of the sophisticated war planes flying along with fighter jets from japan andou

part was flown so the regime could see exactly what was happening. china and russia have condemned the operation saying war was not the answer that called for negotiations. and, finally, in the region today, it was a massive the part of the country that it flew over on tuesday. to show how serious the situation is. >> rain from harvey is starting to move into our area. >> with a book fair that has a little something for everyone. the library, congress national book festival kicks off this saturday at the convention

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>> we do. >> it's labor week. >> that's what we want. >> wouldn't that be nice. we have all and all i think a pretty good labor day weekend, not one of the best we've seen. we've got cloudy and cool conditions. rainy on saturday, sunday, monday, will be much nicer in most locations. out there, tracking the cloud cover. we've seen a little bit of sunshine trying to poke through, not a lot, temperatures only 66 degrees. we had that cold front come through yesterday after a high of 85 yesterday. so we're 20 degrees cooler across the region today, you may have the jacket, maybe the sweatshirt on during the day today. take a look. all the rain is really not much out there. we have some showers down to the south. but the rest of the area is dry. look at this, big time thunderstorm. severe weather around

another line of strong storms back to the west. here is harvey, just bringing in a persistent rain in places like kentucky and tennessee, for the most part, that severe weather and the flood threat with harvey is gone with the initial center. it's way out ahead of it right now. for us, we'll get in on this over night tonight and into the day tomorrow. here we are seven:00, most of the rain down -- 7:00, most of the rain down. >> i will expect to see rain at times. yes the umbrella and necessity for sure. also the jacket, it's going to be quite cool. here we are, 5:00. 10, 11:00 about the same. heaviest rain moves through and then by sunday, it's about all out of here and by sunday afternoon we're dealing with a little bit of sunshine and nicer da

showers likely. umbrellas and jackets will be needed as you make your way out. want to show you what's happening not just with harvey, but everybody talking about irma. this is the storm you're most worried about. here is the thing. it's so far out there i don't want you to worry about it just yet, no indication of exactly where it's going. it's strengthening very quickly. winds of 120 miles per hour. look at the track, south and then back north of the islands. this is huge moving north of the islands that is great news. look at the possible track. now, next couple of days, look on your sunday and monday, another chance of rain wednesday and into thursday. >> people are still talking about this, that video shows a woman throwingou

metro bus driver. >> and now other metro bus drivers are reacting to this incident and how it's impacting other riders, as well. >> whether he will end daca, ahead, how two dreers tell usam

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dreamers rallying across the country. many of them came here illegally when they were babies. their parents looking for a better life. hundreds of thousands of them have been protected under an obama error program, but the president could end that program early next week. while we wait for the president's decision, there are growing calls from congress, including republicans for him to keep the so-called daca program. >> one of the loudest voices was house speaker paul ryan says congress needs to fix immigration law. daca started in june of 2012 and allow certain undocumented immigrants who came to the united states for children to receive a two-year grace period from deportation. recipients will also be eligible for work visas. daca does not give an undocumented immigrant lawful status today. president trump appear today soften his feelings about daca

mr. president. a decision on daca? >> some time today or over the weekend. >> should dreamers be worried. >> we love the dreamers. we love everybody. thank you very much. >> there are nearly 100,000 daca recipients in the united states right now. over half of the accepted applicants live in california tx x. >> local dreamers are holding a vigil outside the white house. news 4 chris gordon spoke with some of them. >> protesters begin the vigil on august 15th. the 5th anniversary of daca, the demonstration continues. they fear they that president trump could end, deferred action for childhood arrival program. daca protects hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants. they have been called dreamers because they are allowed

job. 25-year-old is a college senior, studying global health. >> you're looking at it all because -- you're losing it all because of the position the president could make. >> that decision could come at any time. >> some time today or over the weekend we'll have a decision. >> should dreamers be worried. >> we love the dreamers. we love everybody. thank you

>> there were indications that the decision will be delayed until next tuesday, which is september fifth. you see the vigil that has been going on 18 days here, 24 hours a day and they tell me that they will remain here until september 5th. that's the latest live from the white house, wendy, back to you. >> we wanted to find out more about why this is such a big political issue for the white house. we spoke earlier with nbc senior political editor mark murray. >> the trump white house today said it will decide on tuesday what to do with the daca program, to give qualified, young americans who were born elsewhere, who are undocumented immigrants who give status to live legally in the united

political decision. many republicans, even, do support daca. there was a recent nbc survey poll that showed that 64% of americans support the daca program. 30% oppose. nbc news has reported that it had been expected that president trump would end the program but it remains unclear what they'll end up deciding on tuesday. but, again, there are a sliver -- certain number of republicans who do support the program which complicates the politics for the trump white house. back to you. >> well, a man, blames the city of charlottesville and its police officers for injuries he suffered during the violence at last month's white supremacist rally. turner wants answers. he claims police officers stood down during tha

>> charlottesville city councilman today insisted police were not told to stand down hundreds of people are making a 116 mile journey from charlottesville to dc. this is the march to confront white supremacy. metro bus drivers now em fa mouse incident highlights a problem they've been complaining about for years, tensions between drivers and passengers. video of her tossing

life with northeast with reaction from those riders. >> we're across in a minnesota avenue where the x 2 line begins. for drivers and the union representing. it's sort of a line in the sand now. they say enough is enough in terms of how safe their drivers are. they say it's really time for metro to get safe about the security of its drivers. >> if your trip includes the x2, getting there can be an experience in and of itself. there's drama and commentary. a woman who threw a cup of urine on to the driver on

the woman seen in the video has turned herself in. she's been charged with simple assault and released. the incident is still a hot topic. . that's the question being asked by drivers and their union this morning, amid work slow down and charges against the woman who threw the urine. >> me asking for the protection of an operator, the protection of the rising public. it's a cry for help and i don't know how much of you operator -- abuse operators have to take before this company that claims about the employee step up and do something about it. >> there are some detailed to rooif. >> so is it not possible at all every bus is not

and operators are concerned that some of them, that's not a reality, yet. >> now members of the transit unit are back over here today. they're passing out leaflets. they want to raise some public awareness and support for what they're saying needs to be more safety for drivers. there are cameras there. the union wants to see police officers on there and that's the rough we talk to police officials with metro. we're live outside minnesota avenue, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> if they can't afford to put police officers on all the buses, can they, at least, in case the drivers into a full partition. she was reached around that partition to assault that driver the other day. can they put them in a full partition that no one can get to them? have they thought of that? >> it took a lot to get that partial partition up.

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instead of preparing for their daughter for college, jomari's parents will be attending her funeral. 17-year-old was hit by a stray bullet while she was driving to northeast dc last month. she died days later at the hospital. loved ones held her funeral at on rhode island avenue. there is still an open investigation. so far there has been one arrest, but police are still looking for two more people in connection with that shooting. new police body cam footage shows the controversial arrest of the nurse in utah. the confrontation happens after the nurse refuses to hand over

investigating a case. >> no, we're done. we're done. you're under arrest. we're done. [ screaming ] >> somebody help me. >> a lot of you wanting to watch this. this is one of the biggest stories right now. the nurse claims the salt lake city officers did not have a warrant and did not meet any of the criteria needed for taking the blood samples. >> the only job i had as a nurse to keep my patient's safe. a blood draw is not -- it just gets thrown around here like it's some 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 look into what happened. >> this nurse, she was not charged in the crime. well, he is a global icon, but the pope -- >>

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you can find it on u caring.com. >> it is amazing when you have these horrible tragedy and people come out of nowhere and do all of these great things. you know, so many people coming to help the people in texas. they'll need so much help going through not just the next couple of weeks, but they're still talking about evacuations. the flooding, definitely not over there. the rain is moving our way. but i do not want you to worry about our weather here. our weather here is going to be rather rainy and cool as harvey moves over. take a look, a little bit of sunshine there, nice to see the sun on day like today. temperatures still only in the 66 degrees. it's a cool day. we still have some showers but most of the shower activity that's tried to come through,

the ground. right in fredericksburg and southward back to the west. we're seeing some of the showers trying to move in now. look at these, see these red boxes, those are tornado warnings and there have been a couple of tornados and harvey produced tornados yesterday into tn tennessee and alabama. right now, harvey well to our west, it's going to move over over night tonight and by tomorrow we'll be in the rain. high temperatures in the 60s all day, just like today with the shower activity. i'm not going to breeze at time, all and all, not a complete wash out and will not rain all day, a good idea to keep the umbrella handy. better days will be sunday and monday. we've been saying it all week, good idea to play the board games. if you're win -- 72 degrees on saturday. 78 on monday. really gorgeous weather, some of the beaches may be in the 80s with offshore flow. that looks good. if you're heading to the mountains this

camping outdoors. that's something to worry about and 64 degrees. it is going to be rather cool saturday for sure. that's why i'm talking about board games this weekend. many of you board games to three that came out tops, monopoly, scrabble and apples to apples. 77 on sunday. 84 degrees on monday. looking pretty good the later you stay. now, all eyes on irma, as well. irma is way out there. i mean way out there. it's going to take at least a week to come anywhere close to the u.s. you know, we'll keep you posted on that. i'll keep you updated all weekend long. 84 on monday. looking good

tonight, football game at james madison high school taking on some extra meanings. it was in june that they lost their leader, coach schultz killed in a traffic accident david culver live at the game as the team gets ready for its first home game that is sure to be quite quite emotional. david. >> you see folks moving around here, you've got to somber energy that's here, too, you think about this. you think about all of this. you're like who is this guy. who is this coach lenny schultz, the guy who can bring all these people together. before the game tonight, there's going to be a moment of silence. then the family

among him his nephew who survived the crash. his nephew is going to actually lead the team out on this field tonight. all of this for a man who meant so much to somebody. >> he was a larger than life person, big, strong. you almost feel like he's invincible. >> i was doing well in school. he was like, my dad would follow me. and my dad, you've got to walk down the field. how are you doing. how is your family. you know, he's a good genuine guy. >> he left a lasting legacy at james madison high school. his team continues to mourn, they're also coming together wearing ls 62 patches this season. friday's game, another step towards healing.

different. but it's going to bring joy having this family here. having the team. having students, family members coming together. >> we may no longer hear their coaches, inspirational words. life lessons are etched into player's minds. it's more everything you do. you've got to go 100%. >> competing, having the passion. no doubt. >> you heard the words, you'll read them everywhere around here. they're selling the t-shirts. also towards a memorial fund in coach's honor. we'll have kids eventually pay for college. >> that's lovely. thanks,

>> well, her mission in life, made neighbors in need tonight. dc central kitchen is mourning the loss of marianne ali. ali directed the program for two decades. she believed in second chances and gave them freely. they feed people going through a tough patch and trains them to prepare food and spread out. >> tough, tough, love. in this day and age going through, it's not time to hold hands these days. it's time to let folks know, you know, when it's time to move and time to shaken, it's time to get to that point, that's what she does. she puts you there. >> one of those life lessons, marianne told him how to save money and built it. >> dogs barking too much, cut out their vocal cords. it's an unorthodox treatment called debarking. a judge in oregon this week ordered a judge to debark

dogs after neighbors complained of the noise for 15 years. the neighbors testified that they start barking at 5:00 a.m. every day, never stop they took the dog's honors to court back in 2002 to silence those animals. the judge ruled against the dogs, but given our legal system, they have been in and out of court ever since and the barking has persisted this week in oregon appeals court upheld a lower court ruling saying that the dogs either have to have their vocal cords cut out or the animals have to be removed from the property. the owners haven't announced what they'll do. the journey decades in the making that

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on which -- >> there you have it, there are 15 new dc firefighters on the streets of washington, they graduated today after 21 weeks of training and their paramedics, as well. >> whose journey to dc began years ago when he escaped from cuba. >> i'm just really proud of him. he's worked really hard to workup to this. >> it was a proud day for the

sanchez, his wife friend jessica and 15 month old son, nicholas, as sanchez and 14 others were sworn in as the newest members of the dc fire department. as a young boy living in communist cuba, sanchez didn't think his life would turn out like this. >> i was born in havana cuba and it was during the time on a raft made from inner tube. and they had tried four times before and failed. then on the fifth attempt. >> spent about three days at sea. i thought it was the greatest adventure ever. we spent three days at sea. ran out of water and food. the u.s. coast guard picked us up and

>> they spent six months being detained before they were allowed to come to miami where he grew up to become a u.s. citizen and electrician and meet his wife. the couple moved to dc for her career and sanchez fell in love with washington and wanted to give back to his new hometown. >> she admits the dangers of being a firefighters do worry her. >> maybe just a little bit. yeah. if it were up to me, you think you would never go into a burning building. you know, it's part of the job, so i have to be supportive. >> mark sea graves, news 4. much attention remains on texas was left behind we're now tracking another powerful hurrice

>> hurricane irma continues to gain strength and will be the storm to watch over the next week. but first we have to focus on the holiday weekend ahead and the remnants of harvey that we're going to see here over the next day or two. doug in the storm center now. he's got a look at what to expect over the next 12 hours. >> the rain starts to move in here. we had showers down to the south. if you're traveling this evening, if you're thinking about getting ready and leave right now. you want to watch out south of fredericksburg. very heavy rain from raleigh right on up towards richmond. if you're headed towarding virginia beach or ocean city or down towards the outer bay. not a lot of reds or oranges. few isolated areas of heavier rain