killer. how police think he made his get away and the precautions being made at police look for him. a popular closed. it could confuse a lot of people, including parents heading back to school. we're working to you to make sure this doesn't happen to you and your child. we want to kick things off with a look at who is headed back to class as we help get you ready for school this morning. take a look at the map here. stafford and spotsylvania counties and st. mary's counties all headed back to class today. they are not alone. students from washington and howard counties are getting ready for their first day of school and arlington, alexandria, falls church and frederick, maryland. good morning everyone. thank you for joining us for "news4 today" at 4:00 a.m. we are up and at it early. a lot of us going back to work for

holiday and a lot of people going back to school. the school bus forecast, back into effect. >> it's not that bad. it's comfortable this morning, not dealing with the rain. i love the back to school music. it makes me very happy, especially this early in the morning. who doesn't like the back to school music. temperatures as the kids walk outside, head out to the bus stop maybe to start off your first day back at school, pretty comfortable. 72 washington, 64 in leesburg. 74 annapolis. 67 in manassas. 72 in quantico. it's mild. we don't need the rain coat right now. we don't have rain until later on today. that is good. here's your forecast for tuesday. by 7:00 a.m., we'll be dry. temperatures in the low 70s. by lunchtime, breezy but increasing clouds. 84 degrees. so it will be a warm afternoon. by 3:00 p.m., most of the area should still be dry. the thunderstorm chance doesn't move in until 4:00 or 5:00 today. cong

look at the timing and a check on hurricane irma. thank you, sheena. 4:01. more than 100,000 students heading back to school today. montgomery county. always on the mind of so many parents, last year's alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in rockville high school bathroom had parents demanding change to school facilities. it also became an immigration issue that got a lot of attention from the white house. both of the accused where undocumented. all charges, as you know, were eventually dropped. the school system ordered more than a million dollars in security upgrades to 22 high schools. teacher applications, something that the superintendent is dealing with this year. the school system was not 100% staffed by smith. but he was confident that they'd have enough teachers for this first day. we

top stories we're following closeliment hurricane irma. intensifying. it's barreling towards the caribbean and maybe the u.s. the storm is now a category 4 hurricane. it's expected to arrive in the leeward islands today and towards puerto rico on wednesday. take a look. although the path remains uncertain, people in florida are better safe than sorry. many stockpiling supplies. most stores saying they've run out of water and gas cans. sheena is going to have a closer look at irma's path in a few minutes. you can expect rallies like this in our region today as people defend the deferred action for childhood arrivals, known as daca. the trump administration announcing it will end the daca program with a six-month delay. later this morning, there will be a news conference osi

the immigration and customs enforcement office in d.c. in support of that program. abroad, south korea conducting new live fire training exercises today with a show of force against north korea. today's training involves south korean warships taking part in drills and retaliating against potential provocations by the north. the united nations security council holding an emergency meeting yesterday where the u.s. called for the council to adopt the strong he's diplomatic measures against the country. and they say it is a civil rights march of their time. right now, dozens of people walking from charlottesville, virginia, up to here in washington, to d.c. they're protesting last month's white supremacy rally that turned deadly. it's more than 100 miles but participants say it's worth it. news 4's jackie bensen has more on their goals. >>

>> they pulled their sleeping gear off the bus that meets them after another day of walking. the organizer's achilles tendon is so inflamed she's using a walking stick. >> they can come to gateway center park and crash at the bridge with us. that will be a big moment and go into d.c. and -- >> the march was organized through facebook shortly after the august 12th violence in charlottesville that claimed the life of heather heyer. no one knew each other before they started. >> this has been an incredible journey. people of all walks of life have come together, leadership of people of color, to denounce the root of why we're here, white supremacy. >> most are keenly aware of the parallels to the strangers to came together to protest injustice during the american civil rights stle

>> that's something people say that whatever you're doing now is what you would have done then. so i think for people who say, i would have stayed -- i would have marched with martin luther king, now is the time to put that into action. >> reporter: at 3:00 wednesday afternoon they will gather here, march across the bridge into the capitol. jackie bensen, news 4. a story that's developing right now, a manhunt in charles county. police now trying to track down the man they believe is behind a deadly double shooting. deputies say that brian pierce shot two men outside of a home on fort tobacco road yesterday afternoon. deputies found pierce's car in friendship landing road near a marina. investigators still trying to figure out what led up to the shooting and because of this ongoing search for pierce, the sheriff's office says extra patrols will be out near hope elementary school this morning. >>

we do want to get a check back on the latest on hurricane irma's track. it's barreling towards the u.s. right now as a category 4 hurricane as we mentioned. sheena has been tracking the storm overnight. busy this morning. i understand, sheena, you got new video? >> yeah. angie, new video from the hurricane hunters. these are the people who fly through the storment we want to give you a different perspective. if you ever wonder how we get wind readings inside the storm, because of the hurricane hunters, this is noaa, they flew through on sunday. they have a lot turbulence. it's now a category 4 hurricane. this thing is very, very organized. you can very easily see the eye of the storm. it is approaching the leeward islands, which is part of this chain of islands shall the lesser antilles. this is still far from the united states. take a look at the updated track. we'r

it's a cat 4 expected to stay very strong as it approaches. potentially florida. the forecast gets wider because the uncertainty gets greater. look at some of the computer models. we expect a turn, it just depends when it starts to turn. more coming up in a bit. >> the storms later on this afternoon. thanks, sheena. today, hundreds of kids in montgomery county, they're going to have to find another way to school. that is because the georgetown branch trail will be closed for the next five years for purple line construction. opponents who rallied on the trail monday, they want people to be able to use it during the construction phase. they plan to ask a judge today for a temporary restraining in order to keep it open. they are a perfect match as friends and co-workers. as it turns out, so much more.

than just a special bond. it sounds like something out of a movie. it kind of was. they're pointing to a discovery after money was flying through the air over a major highway. ♪ >> raise the roof. we're sure rooting for them and hopefully so is all of america.

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april fool's joke. the hundreds and the 50s floating around were all fake. take a look. you can quickly tell the monday incompetent isn't real. it says motion picture use only. police are still trying to figure out where all that fake cash came from. now, we want to check back in with sheena. a lot of kids going back to school today. but it's a comfortable start. >> a very comfortable start. you don't need the umbrella this morning. if you're out this afternoon, you do. i'll show you that forecast and what to expect. thank you, sheena. a 4-year-old boy this morning fighting for his life after being run over by a car. the person behind the wheel just 6 years old. how it all

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go to fiosgigabit.com 4:16 right now on this tuesday morning. we want to look at some of the big stories from across the country that we continue to follow. smoke will continue to be a problem as kids in the los angeles area head back to class. the la tuna fire is no longer actively burning. but as you can tell from the pictures, smoke is still lingering. it's very heavy throughout the city. a well-timed storm helped out firefighters big time dealing with the fire, trying to cut out e

it's already destroyed seven homes and hurt eight people, including four firefighters. everyone is expected to be okay. officials now still trying to figure out how this fire started. a little boy and his brother, they just wanted to go to chuck e. cheese so bad, it almost cost one of them their life. police say the 4 and 6-year-old found the keys to the car and started it. as the 4-year-old was backing out the car, the 6-year-old fell out somehow and ended up pinned under the wheel. they had to remove the wheel and were able to free the little boy. he was taken to the hospital. at last check this morning, he remains in critical condition. now to the midwest, leaders of an iowa mosque -- you can see the flame there, lighting a fire in a parking lot. take a look. they're crouching behind thear

be lighting something. once that fire grows, they runaway. this happened as prayer was wrapping up inside that mosque. it happened wednesday night. no one was hurt. well, all of us have that one close friend that we hold dear to our lives. but would you donate a critical organ in order to save their life. a charles county deputy, that answer was a no brainer. thanks to donating a kidney, he'll have a best friend for many years to come. news 4's tracee wilkins has this inspiring story. >> reel it up. >> reel it in. >> precious family moments like this one were numbered for frederick until his friend andrew stepped in and saved his life. >> he's my best friend. there wasn't no cutting corners with that. >> they have been friends since childhood. they're both charles county deputies like their dads were. they even have the

birthday. now they share something else. >> what is it like walking around with a huge chunk of him inside of you now? >> weight off me. >> for 13 years, he's battled a degenerative kidney disease that got really bad. >> i knew i would need one, i didn't know it would be this soon. >> i ended up being a perfect match. >> the surgery performed at georgetown hospital has added decades to his life. because the organ came from a living donor. >> it will last for 20 years. you want me to cast it? >> yeah. >> the plan is to make the most of moments like this one, moments his best friend helped make possible. >> i lost a part and still have the other half and they said it would be just as much -- >> still have him?

>> andrew is thinking it's going to be a few weeks for him. georgetown hospital is consistently reminding folks of their live donor program and they're hoping that more people will make the decision to help to save a life. in southern maryland, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. heartfelt story there. 4:20 now. we want to check back in with sheena in the weather center. i know you're tracking rain later, right? >> yes, later today we have rain in the forecast. the good news with the kids heading to the bus stop and the school day forecast, that time frame looks relatively dry. just see clouds increasing today. we're talking about after 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. that would be starting in the shenandoah valley, blue ridge mountains and making its way through the area. tomorrow will be showers throughout the day, mainly on the lighter side. it will be a cooler day. low 70s and the clouds hanging nd

tomorrow. the weekend looks fantastic. i think a lot of people will like this weekend. after that, we're watching irma. so by this weekend, it should be around the southeastern part of the united states and then later next week, if we saw impacts, that's when it would be, not this week. temperatures in the 60s. low 70s in the district. the rain is far away. as we go through the day, most of it stays dry. your forecast by lunchtime, 84, still dry by 5:00 p.m. 87 degrees, chance of a thunderstorm. here's what it looks like as far as the timing. lunchtime we're dry. by 00,5: 6:00, 7:00 p.m., there are the showers and storms i was talking about. then into your wednesday, the rain is sticking around through the day wednesday. kind of cool tomorrow with the cloud in place. 7 is degrees. then through thursday, friday, saturday looking fantastic. we'll talk more about the rest of the extended forecast, plus another check on hurricane irma coming up. thank you, sheena. it's a video. it sparked a lot of

now change. what is done after a nurse was man-handled and arrested after drawing a patient's blood. coming up, checking in with aaron and eun, back to school for a lot of kids in the area and

then walk. >> it is a video everyone has been talking about and sharing. the controversial arrest of a utah nurse after she says she refused to draw the blood from an unconscious patient. as hospital officials announce new restrictions on what police are allowed to do in their facility, the nurse is giving her side of the story now to nbc news. nbc's tom costello has the latest. >> you're under a

video of the nurse being man-handled and handcuffed by detective jeff payne. the hospital said it will no longer allow police to interact directly with medical staff involved in patient care. detective payne became angry after the nurse said it was illegal for her to draw blood from a truck driver involved in this crash involving a car being chased by police. >> there's absolutely no tolerance for that kind of behavior in our hospital. >> indeed the supreme court ruled that the police must a warrant or consent to take blood. the nurse said former olympic athlete said police were slow to take action. only after the video shot in july was released were they put on paid leave pending a criminal investigation. >> i'm not here to police the police. the police need to do that if they're going to regain any kind of trust by me or, i think,he

protested, jammed 911 lines and posted thousands of facebook comments for payne to face criminal charges. >> if they're not held accountable, that will further erode the public's trust in police officers generally and in this police department in particular. >> the mayor and police chief have both apologized. detective payne isn't commenting. >> and that was nbc's tom costello reporting. the time right now 4:26. "news4 today" continues right now with aaron and eun. now on "news4 today," a growing threat. we are monitoring hurricane irma as a category 4 storm barrels towards the u.s. da kr. a deadline. what happens next for those impacted? first, we're getting you and your family ready for school and tens of thousands of students from our area head back to class today.

>> you know what that means. with the return of all those students, also comes the return of the school buses, more cars. you might see a spaceship on the road before the day is said and done. >> not all that. >> it's going to get busy, i'm telling you. live look at the roadways this morning. this is the last time it will be quiet. pretty clear at this hour. be prepared for a longer commute as the morning goes on. >> don't forget the children walking. >> roughly half a million kids, almost half a million kids across the region going back to school today. >> be ready for that. >> good morning, everybody. >> hi. >> welcome back. >> thanks. good to see you. you look so nice. i'm eun yang. we're working for you on what is already a busy morning for a lot of families out there. wtop's jack taylor is going to look at the traffic impact. we've warned you about this as kids head back to school today. >> uh-oh, lauryn is here. >> what is that supposed to

>> happy back to school. they brought me in talking about this hurricane. a lot going on in the weather center. come in and it's craziness. not today. today is kind of quiet in our area. >> yes. we have thunderstorms later this afternoon. the good news, they won't be here until the afternoon hours. we're all quiet on the radar currently. the storms are to the west an northwest. after the afternoon bus stop time, that's when we'll start to see showers and storms rolling in. 72 right now, washington. 67 dulles and manassas. it's comfortable out this morning. we'll stay dry for your school day forecast as we go through the morning hours. lunchtime looks good. breezy. mid-80s. increasing clouds by 3:00 p.m. and then we see the thunderstorms moving in. we'll look at that timing and check out hurricane irma coming up. let's head to traffic now with jack taylor on this tuesday. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. kind of the end of the summer you arsh

there were no work zones. one emergency work crew on the beltway near route 7. that ramp. along the right side of the roadway not causing a big delay this morning. volume still relatively light. get a big look at the beltway. all green for now. it will drastically change. we'll be talking with that throughout the morning. should find nothing in your way to slow you down so far. that will drastically change. aaron, eun, back to you. >> jack, thank you. let's kick things off with a look at whoo is headed back to class as we help you get ready for school. students in spotsylvania, anne arund arundel, calvert, charles, st. mary's counties headed back to school today. they're not alone. kids from washington and howard counties also getting ready for their first day of school. along with arlington, alexandria, falls church, fredericksburg and frederick, maryland. >> a lot of schools, right? >> everybody going back. >> fairfax started. everyone is -- >> it's coming.

work from the holidays, from summer vacation. that means a whole lot of traffic too. >> not to worry. we're working to help you make it easier this morning. news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss has advice for you before you hop in your car this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, eun. i wish i had a magic wand to make it all go away. unfortunately, i don't. so out here on the roads this morning, you could find more traffic than usual. right now on connecticut avenue making our way to the beltway. of course, we always have activity that could be going on. why do we call it terrible traffic tuesday and really the september slowdown that we're dealing with? really, it's because all of those school systems come back. everyone comes back from their summer vacation and then we deal with everyone being on the roads. that can lead to 20 to 30% more traffic on the roads in the morning. so it is certainly something to pay attenti