scanning the roads before you hit the door. news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss will tell you what to expect as school buses clog the roads and your trek back to work. new information we learned about this powerful storm, its path and when it could hit the u.s. good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. >> look who came back from vacation. >> here i am. back for the first day of school. >> back to work, back to school. i'm aaron gilchrist. labor day holiday is behind us now. we are working for you this morning. >> that's right. we're talking about back to school for hundreds of thousands of students in our area. we have team coverage this morning. >> we're monitoring your commute and we are on the ground at school hours before the doors open. >> first we want to get your up to the minute forecast with sheena parveen. sheena, how is it looking for the kids heading back? >> how could you not be in

good mood with the back to school music. i love that music. it makes you happy. i hope we keep it around all year long and i hope the kids -- maybe it can be my ring tone. standing outside, let you know it's very comfortable for the kids at the bus stop. if you're about to leave, you can roll the windows down. it's dry outside. 70 degrees in washington. many of the surrounding suburbs in the mid-60s as we go through the day today. it's going to be warmer. the kids do not need the jacket today. later this afternoon, we have thunderstorms in the forecast. but the good news is, it's going to be missing the school day forecast. so the time frame will put it mostly around 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. you might run into the showers. storms on your evening drive home. speaking of the drive, let's check your morning commute before the day gets started. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. i'll give the thumbs up on the inner loop of the beltway. the ramp to root 7, they finally pulled the cones out of the roadway. v dot still there. at least the lanes are open again on this ramp. w

a bus overheated in college park on the inner loop of the beltway as you head towards loop. there's no more smoke. try to get everything off to the shoulder. it has the possibility of an early delay. right now, knock on wood, it's not too bad. >> thank you, jack. team coverage continues with news 4's justin finch. he's live at paint branch high school in maryland. that's where i went to high school. go panthers. >> justin, tell us what can kids and other parents and students expect in montgomery county this year? >> reporter: hey there, eun. expect a lot of growth out here. you know, pretty soon you'll see the buses picking up students all over montgomery county bringing some here to paint branch high school. dropping them off here in this bus lot. their first stop before the new school year starts. again, the word here from montgomery county is going to be growth. they're expecting some 2400 new students to enroll this year. perhaps even

that's why they've gone on a teacher hiring spree, hiring more than 950 new teachers this year. montgomery county already the state's largest public school system. but some 204 schools and 161,000 students. i can tell you this morning, we've seen the principal in our front office over here. other people starting at paint branch high and also the growth continues here. a new middle school opening. silver creek also opens today. the superintendent, jack smith, is on the ground. so hear from him coming up later this hour. live from montgomery county, i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. justin, thank you. you know what, it's not just schools in montgomery county going back today. stafford county, spotsylvania county. calvert, charles, st. mary's county. all headed back to school today. they're not alone either. shout out more. kids in frederick county, maryland. washington, howard counties getting ready for their first day of school. see the map on the screen there. arlington,

>> talking about the cars and the buses back on the roads, we're monitoring your commute for you with all the students headed back to school and with a lot of you returning back to work after the labor day holiday. observation pekt a lot of traffic on the roads. >> adam tuss in chopper 4. >> as we take a look at all of the cars getting back to school, back to work, want to show you here, this is the outer loop as it heads towards montgomery county and a lot of people there. this is the inner loop coming towards college park. a lot of people of course, making their way. be prepared. 20 to 30% more traffic out here on the road. as we get going. it's going to be a lot. let's look at the storm team 4 by 4 as it's driving around, making its way. we're talking about a number of vehicles out here riding around this morning. increasi t

4 as we take a look at the beltway once again. everything going on here. we talked about the school systems out there. you got to be aware that these school buses are going to be making stops at places that you weren't used to over the summer. a lot of people getting into their regular pattern. there's going to be a lot going on. a lot to pay attention to. we'll be following it for you all morning long here on chopper 4. back to you guys in the studio. all right, adam. thank you. before you get your kids out the door, don't forget to take that picture. share them with us. we love these photos with the cute kids. use the #ready for school on twitter. even if today is not your first official day, you can send them our way anyway. you can see them on nbc washington throughout the day. we'll try to show them on our social media too. we want to give you a different perspective on this powerful storm as it heads toward land. hurricane hunters with

through the hurricane on sunday. you can see the camera jostling about here from all the turbulence on the plane. just two days irma has already gotten stronger since this video was taken. it is now a category 4 hurricane. >> this morning, we're getting updated satellite images from irma. take a look here. you can see the storm approaching the caribbean. eventually, the u.s. irma is expected to arrive in the leeward islands today and a move toward puerto rico on wednesday. >> let's bring in meteorologist lauryn ricketts with more on the intensity of the storm. >> the intensity is updated just about 5:00 a.m. look at this eye right there. so well-defined. these are the lesser antilles islands. tonight it will come into that area and move towards cuba. let me show thu track. i do want to let you know about a couple things. one, i see so many terrible maps on social media. makeur

your information from a meteorologist. it is likely to remain a category 4. there's no such thing as category 6. that's one thing i've seen on social media. leeward islands ton. the reason, once we go out four or five days, that track can differ from 175 miles to 225 miles. let me show you what's going on with this track right now. here are the lesser antilles islands here. this is going to continue to move just at about 14 miles an hour to the west. then just scoot north of some of these islands. puerto rico and cubament then right here it skirts between cuba and the keys. there's still a cone of uncertainty. don't concentrate on the exact track too much. we're still trying to figure this out. winds are 150 miles an hour right now. that's going to stay there continuing over the next couple of days. guys? >> lauryn, thank you. irma rages on as texas continues to recover after hurricane harvey. the death toll continues to rise there. emergey

death toll is now at 60. that's when you include people who died from indirect complications from the storm. as congress returns today, the house is expected to vote on the harvey aid package on wednesday. we're still feeling the effects of the storm at the gas pump. according to aaa, the cost of a gallon of gas increased 41 cents in maryland. $.36 in virginia and $.23 in the district. back in houston, people are using boats to salvage what they can from their homes. this is in part, due to water released from two reservoirs yesterday. people said they had no idea the flooding was going to be this bad. >> i'm angry. i'm going through a state of grief. i wake up and say how did this happen? >> thousands of people are in shelters because their homes were destroyed by the flooding. the peo

we posted a page in the nbc washington app with links on how and where to donate. search harvey help. developing now, a manhunt in charles county. police are trying to track down the man they believe it behind a deadly shooting. deputies say brian pierce shot two men outside of a home yesterday afternoon. one man died at the scene. the second is in serious condition. deputies found pierce's car on friendship landing road near a marina. investigators are still trying to figure out what led to the shooting. because of the search for pierce, the sheriff's office says extra patrols will be out near mt. hope elementary school this morning. breaking news this morning. more world leaders weighing in on north korea. angie goff has more. >> putin urges die lag with pyongyang. it could lead to a global catastrophe. he condemned the country's la t

provocation but suggested stronger sanctions that's been suggested by the u.s. wobt change anything. the comments come a day after south korea responded with military drills and a show of force following the latest nuclear test. >> also new this morning, a call for diplomacy for a diplomatic and peaceful solution to this ongoing crisis. ten minutes after the hour now. today we'll get a decision that could put the future of thousands of young undocumented immigrants up in the air. the trump administration is expected to announce it's ending the deferred action for childhood arrivals program or daca. it's likely to include a six-month delay for congress to come up with a fix. nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants have benefitted from this program since it was created five years ago. they must have entered before turning 16 and have no serious criminal background. it's cleared the way for them to get work permits

qualify for in-state teu tigs. >> that's one issue they will face when congress returns today. they're back in washington with a long to-do list. it includes passing a spending bill to help shows in harvey. a father in mourning. a former coach at the university of maryland wants to know who killed his son. the murder mystery hitting close to home ♪ >> beyonce using her star power and recent birthday to help get more aid to her hometown. how fans are going to be getting in formation for harvey victims. it is back to work, back to school and you need to know about your commute this morning. we're dry and comfortable. you can put the windows down. later on this afternoon and evening, we're talking about showers and storms moving

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kids headed back to school today as we're already n. into september. it's going to be breezy this afternoon as well. worrying about rain after 3:00 or 4:00 tonight. sheena has the timing on that in a couple of minutes. right now, traffic with jack taylor. >> good morning. on the freeway eastbound downtown off the inbound 14th street bridge just after the exit for third street tunnel. got a crash blocking the right lane. also the bus fire that is out. beltway college park.

everything put safely to the right shoulder. thankfully, no delay. aaron, eun, back to you. >> jack, thank you. it is 6:16. a pregnant woman and several elder people are recovering right now after a car ran them down. >> this is a pretty scary scene as you can imagine. there was a block party going on in the street in philadelphia. people were celebrating, not just labor day. they were there for their friend's 80th birthday. the suv started plowing into people. it looked like a massacre. you can see the food scattered everywhere. the driver will be charmed with dui. they are all expected to be okay, though. >> today friends and family will say goodbye to a man killed as he was trying to help a stranger. she will continue helping others even though her father did that when he died. he was one of two good samari n samaritans who stopped to help drivers involved in an accident

his daughter nicole says another driver hit her father and the other good samaritan and then took off. >> i have to just pretty much keep going. it's been very hard. >> going to miss him? >> of course. very much so. my best friend. >> rios lived about two miles from the crash scene and nicole says her father loved his family. motorcycles and animals. he was a carpenter and built an elaborate doghouse for his dog lucas. sad news hitting the university of maryland. the son of a former coach was killed in a shooting. he was 25 years old. it happened on sunday night in howard county. his father, his picture here, he was the assistant football coach twice and the interim coach in 2015. still no word on suspects or a motive in the shooting. a charles county deputy is co

donated an organ to help save his life. they were best friend for 13 years and also a fellow deputy battling a degenerative kidney disease that became really bad. that's when his friend jumped in and offered to donate his own kidney. >> this is kind of where i'm at. i'm going to need it here in the next couple months probably. just step right up and said let me know what i need to do and i'll do it. >> he's my best friend. there wasn't no cutting corners with that. if i was a match, i was pretty much set. >> what an incredible gift. the surgery was conducted at georgetown university hospital. the transplant added decades to frederi frederick's life because it came from a living donor. >> i had a friend who did the same thing. he got a kidney from his brother. it changes your life. if you're dealing with dialysis. >> both of them the

>> 6:19 now. angie goff here with breaking news it from the live desk. evacuations under way here in portland because of this. this wildfire. the eagle creek fire has burned almost 5,000 acres. it's moving fast. we know that major highways are closed down in the area. despite the order, many people choosing to stay. you can see from the video there, to support firefighters, restaurants in particular. now the fire is expected to spread westward with high winds making the fight very difficult to put it out for firefighters today. i'm angie goff from the live desk. ♪ >> queen b using her influence and fans known as the beehive to raise money for those impacted by hurricane harvey. in honor of beyonce's birthday yesterday, her family and

recreated her look from the video. >> we're talking about everyone from mi develop obama, serena williams, her mother. they all took a picture with the black hat. that big necklace, looking down. along with the picture was a message for fans to support relief efforts in houston. there was a purpose. >> pretty cool. >> also -- very cool. 20 minutes after the hour. we turn back to sheena for a look oot our forecast today. you've got a couple hundred thousand kid headed to the bus top. >> it's going to be good. it's not raining. the worst thing for your first day back at school is rain. you don't want to get your clothes wet and you're freezing in the classroom and then you're hungry. that's all i thought about was food in school. today, we're not looking at that. we have thunderstorms later this afternoon. right now, it is dry outside, it's comfortable.

dry. tomorrow, though, that's different. when the kids go to the bus stop tomorrow, it's going to be chilly throughout the day and showers around. then really nice for the weekend. fantastic weather and then we'll be watching hurricane irma. i'm going to show you that in a second. it's 70 degrees in washington. winchester at 64. manassas 62. so i would say really comfortable this morning. we have a light breeze out there. it will be mild by 8:00 a.m. for the bus stop forecast. 735 degrees, dry by 3:00 p.m. still on the dry side. you'll notice more cloud and temperatures in the mid-830s. we're dry like i mentioned. there's the rain to the north and west. through the afternoon, that's when it will move in. by 1:00 p.m., we're still mostly dry. the showers flare up after 4:00 p.m. even by 7:00 p.m. some thunderstorms. cloudy, cool, scattered showers for your wednesday. now we're talking about irma. look at this powerful hurricane headed towards the

florida. it wouldn't be approaching florida until the end of the weekend. it could keep the center of it around -- just south of the states. at that point, we expect a turn to the north. it will depend on when it storm does turn. for our forecast today and tomorrow, big temperatures difference and really nice into the weekend. we'll look at your extended forecast coming up. let check the roads for everybody's birthday. >> good morning, sheena. a few hotspots to cost time potentially. some activity northwest minister. traffic may be getting by. southbound near willow road, an incident causing an early delay. down town on the freeway going eastbound off the 14th street bridge headed east before south capitol street, metropolitan police with an accident blocking the right lane. the delays on 39

approaching the 14th. back to you. >> jack, thank you. marching to washington. it's a civil rights protest arriving in your backyard. the timing and action on facebook. trail shu down.

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>> they'll march 8 miles to falls church today and tomorrow they'll gather at gateway center park and cross into d.c. the people hurt in that charlottesville rally will appear on the ellen degeneres show. >> the man captured in that iconic image backing into the crowd. now we know he was hit pushing his fiance out of the way of that oncoming car. >> and all we got do is push out of the way. sure to be a powerful interview. martin shattered some bones in his leg when he jumped in front of the car. >> you can watch the entire interview. on the season 15 premiere of the ellen show. stick around for your daily headlines on news 4 at 4:00. >> it is back to school and back to work. a live look. we're monitoring the commute from the roads an

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take a live look. this is what your commute could look like heading out the door. it chokes up. chopper 4 working for you before you hit the road. this is the outer loop of the beltway in silver spring. >> "news4 today" has crews on the ground spread out all over the region on what could be a crowded tuesday morning. this is 270 spur approaching the inner loop. it's a little early. but you know more cars as the morning goes on. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we're monitoring the commute every step of the way before we went on the air at 4:00 this morning. now a look outside of paint branch high school. my alma mater as thousands of students across montgomery county and the region go back to sc

team coverage. wtop's jack taylor standing by with your traffic. >> we begin with our team of meteorologists lauryn ricketts and sheena parveen. good morning. >> good morning. it is comfortable out here. i will say for the kids headed to the bus stop or anyone leaving, put the windows down. we have a comfortable breeze, temperatures are nice. about the upper 630s. around the district, near 70 degrees. as we go through the day, whether the kid at the bus stop or headed to school, lunchtime hour or just commuting, it looks good. this morning, it looks good through lunchtime. warm and breezy. temperatures in the mid-80s. through the afternoon, the school day forecast still looks dry. the thunderstorm chance won't be around until 4:00 or 5:00. if you are driving later on this evening or whatever you're doing, expect the showers and storms to be here. but the school forecast does look really good. tomorrow, though, it will be different. big temperature change for your wednesday. >> good morning, sheena.

lower 70s tomorrow. we'll take the rain chances from this afternoon all the way through the overnight. light scattered showers throughout the day. we've been here before where we're seeing the cooler temperatures and a nuisance rain out there through the day tomorrow. plan ahead for that for your wednesday. a lot of people are planning ahead for hurricane irma. category 4. we just got the track. the winds up to 150 miles an hour as it barrels down on the lesser antilles islands. that will be something we continue to watch. of course, sheena will have your latest track in a few minutes. right now, let's go ahead to traffic, jack taylor. >> hey, lauryn. thank you and good morning. we had an early morning issue downtown on the freeway eastbound causing a delay. the accident after the third street tunnel blocking the right lane. first call as you head north on the baltimore washington parkway before 197. sounds like a couple vehicles tied up in the left lane. delayed into greenbelt. also, we

havoc on livingston road. the lights were flashing yellow for 210 red. that's where we've been getting the slowdown. back to you. >> thank you, jack. it's 6:33. here are the other top stories today. hurricane irma is intensifying as it barrels towards the caribbean and maybe even the u.s. the storm is now a category 4 with winds around 150 miles per hour. take a look. although irma's path remains uncertain, people in florida are beginning to stockpile supplies. most stores are already running out of water and gas cans. irma is expected to arrive in the leeward islands today. take a good look at your screen. this man is missing. he had wart chestnut last seen in bowie. he was weari-- global leaders a calling for diplomait

south korea fired guided missiles in a training drill today. but russian president putin and german chancellor angela merkel warned against a military response to a nuclear threat. 6:34 right now. in the white house, it will be a scene of a big demonstration today. >> activists plan to make their voices heard in support of the deferred action for childhood arrivals. or daca. this comes as the trump administration is expected to announce it's ending the program. >> news 4's angie goff in the newsroom with more on this. angie, good morning. >> good morning, aaron and eun. >> that decision likely to set up a bitter battle of what is already a heated debate. we talk about the issue of immigration rallied as you know. they've been happening all across the country. at the white house, supporting daca ahead of the trump administration's expected decision. if the administration ends daca, it will put the future of nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants up in

program, they say the u.s. is their home. while supporters of the president say he's fulfilling a campaign promise. >> cultural americans. we grew up in the schools. we know american values. that's what we were raised on. >> it was an act of keeping promises that other politicians don't do. >> we'll show the american people that, whether the republicans in congress are people who are of action or of just words. >> so where will it go from there? if the president does decide to end daca or daca. it won't take effect for six month and gives congress time to act on it. >> angie goff in the newsroom. angie, thank you. hundreds of kids in montgomery county will have to find another way to school. you're looking live at the georgetown branch trail this morning. that trail will be closed for the next five years because of the purple line construction. a lot of people use it as a safe alternative to nearby roadways. opponents who rallied on the

close in action sections so people can use it during construction. they plan to ask a judge for a temporary restraining order to keep the trail open. you're not the only ones feeling the pain at the pump. find out why there could finally be relief on the way. >> plus a manhunt for

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who says punxsutawney phil is the only one who can predict the weather. maine is passing pete has you covered for summer. >> you got to be kidding me. every september the lobster is plucked from the water. rather than using his shadow, pete uses his claw to select o two -- one for winter and one for summer. apparently he predicted six more weeks of summer for maine. >> that was up in the air

apparently. >> sorry. >> we'll see if the prediction works. >> that's right. we need our maryland, d.c., virginia mascot to help us predict our forecast apparently. >> i'm sure there's a rodent out there that would jump in to do that. >> but right now we have lauryn ricketts and sheena parveen. >> a real live person. who would have thought? temperatures are going to make their way into the upper 80s today. feeling like summer. passing pete is one for one there. mid to upper 80s for highs today. rain this afternoon, we'll time it out and talk about irma as well coming up. let's talk about traffic with wtop's jack taylor. hey, jack. >> good morning, lauryn. the key word of this one. we've got a trouble schott spot eastbound on the freeway. we're hearing of an incident westbound same area. may have a vehicle on its side. hopefully that's not

but there could be authorities headed to the scene. plan ahead if this is your normal path of travel. back to you. jack, thank you. we broke the news about the third royal baby. now there's talk about baby names for the next little prince or princess of england. tracking irma. the storm's path was just updated while you were sleeping. a look at when and where it could make landfall. new students and new teachers at local school system that's growing significantly at the start of the school year.

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ready or not, waiting for the school bells to ring. we're working for to you make sure the school year gets off to a good start. >> chopper 4 is up. our transportation rorter adam tuss watching the roads from above right now. a look at the trouble spots and what you can expect. >> before you head out, though, you want to pay attention to your forecast. the weather is changing and you're going to want to know about when the rain will arrive today. >> yet, we're getting you ready for school. we have you covered, every angle covered for you this morning. >> sheena parveen and lauryn ricketts and adam tuss is helping you navigate the pos

>> beginning in montgomery county. where we find justin finch live at paint branch high school with what we need to know about the new school year for a lot of kids in montgomery county. >> reporter: a lot of kids. that's right, aaron. new school year, new beginning. especially true in montgomery county. we're joined by dr. jack smith. superintendent out here. an hour away from first bell here. but as you were talking earlier, lots of growth happening. 161,000 students projected so far, is that right? >> yes, that's right. we're expecting 2400, 2500 new students from a year ago today. >> that means changes on your front as superintendent. what have you done differently to accommodate the growth? >> we have 500,000 new facility. in addition to several other schools to make sure we have spaces for every child. >> you hired new teachers? >> we're about

teachers in the coming weeks. >> you know, one change you see first day of school, all the new buses on the road. you guys have also stepped up your bus safety programs, is that right? >> absolutely. we're having more and more buses with cameras. so everyone should know the law. the law says if there's a med n median, you don't have to stop. if there is no median and the red lights and the arm goes down, stop the car so it's safe for every child. >> want to ask you about closing the achievement gap. a major benchmark for you as well. >> it's essential that every single student read write or do mathematics at the level. >> thanks so much. a lot of changes being made out here. another school year to roll out in about an hour's time. back to you guys in the studio. >> justin finch live at my high school this morning. go a panthers. good luck on the first day. with more than a dozen school districts returning to class today, with so many of you returning

day, you know it can be a challenging commute. >> news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss has his head in the clouds but his eyes on the ground. adam, where are you? what do you see? >> what are you saying? >> i'm tracking the travel for today on this, what seem people call terrible traffic tuesday. take a look. we're above the outer loop in the area. it's locked up in that area. take a look. what's down there? >> oh, yeah. that's the school bus on its way to deliver some kids or pick up some kids. guys, we're talking about 20 to 30% more traffic out on the roads because everybody is back from vacation, back trying to get to school. we've got a lot of kids going back to school. let's look at the storm team 4 by 4 also down in the traffic and i believe it's locked up quite a bit dealing with the road congestion. we're talking about a gradual slowdown over the next couple of weeks. it's not going to hit us

this one day today. but it's going to be an issue as we get through the coming weeks. we call it the september slowdown. the september shock. we've been trying to figure out what it actually hits. school back in session. people coming back from vacation and then congress comes back. that's when things really start to hit. take another live look from chopper had as we look at the outer loop which is really locked up in this area. be aware that a lot of school buses are making stops to pick up students. be safe around the school buses. make sure you pay attention to everyone out there. guys, back to you. >> all right. >> adam tuss in chopper 4 for us. adam, thank you. before you get your kids out the door, don't forget to take a picture. look at these adorable kids. we want you to share the photos with us on twitter, facebook and instagram. even if today is not the first day, send them our way. you can see them on nbc washington throughout the day and on our social media pages too. >> one more school district going back tomorrow. we'rera

it's 6:49. want to give you a look at this powerful storm. hurricane hunters with noaa flew through the hurricane on sunday. you can see the camera moving around here, shaking a bit because of all the turbulence. in just two days, irma has gotten stronger since that video was taken. it's now a category 4 hurricane. sheena and lauryn will be back with a look at the timing on the storm's track in a moment. >> irma's rages on as texas continues to recover after the devastation of hurricane harvey. the death toll continues to rise. emergency officials say it's at around 60 now. that's when you include people who died from indirect complications from the storm. as congress returns today, the house is expected to vote on the harvey aid package on wednesday and we're still feeling the effects of the storm at the gas pumps. according to aaa mid-atlantic, the price of a gallon of gas increased $.41 in maryland, $.36 in virginia and $.23 in the district.

nbc washington app with links to where you can donate. search harvey help. developing right now, a manhunt under way in charles county. police are looking for the man they believe is behind a deadly double shooting. deputies say brian pierce shot two men outside of a home on port tobacco road yesterday afternoon. one man died at the scene and the second is in serious condition. deputies found pierce's car on friendship landing road near a marina. investigators trying to figure out what led to the shooting because of the shooting for pierce. the sheriff's office says extra patrols will be out near mt. hope elementary school this morning. ten before the hour. attorney general jeff sessions is expected to talk about president trump's decision on the program known as daca. >> the administration is expected to announce it will end the program. nbc's kristen welker has a look at the states and the stakes ahead. >> reporter: big announcement on daca. all signs pointing to the likelihood he's planning to end e

delay to allow congress to fix daca. daca, the program that protects dreamers who were brought here illegally as children but who are studying and contributing to the economy. we'll tell you why there's backlash from democrats and some republicans. plus, the fall agenda coming into clear focus. the must-do items. everything from raising the debt limit to funding the government and the wish list for republicans. including tax reform and taking another stab at health care. >> all that and more coming up on "today." everybody buzzing with the royal baby news out of kensington palace. kate middleton is pregnant with their dhithird child. she's been experiencing severe morning sickness. the upcoming addition will make prince harry's prospect of becoming king more likely. >> he gets pumped to the side there. >> the new baby puts him sixth in line. but he doesn't seem to

he gets to have the world benefits. not all the responsibilities. >> so he mentioned that during kate's first pregnancies, two of them, kate suffered from what's called hyperemesis gravidarum. it causes morning sickness so bad that most have to go to the hospital. it's not just the morning. it's all day and night. on twitter, the #unlikely royal baby names was trending. people came up with good ones. fresh prince. brexit. beyonce. very doubtful that those names make the cut for the royal baby name. >> not one of knows has a chance. >> something more traditional i believe. 6:52. let's turn to jack taylor at wtop and get a look at the morning commute. >> not good. not good, unfortunately. we've got the original incident on the freeway east after the tunnel. right lane is blocked. that was a minor accident. unfortunately, west we've got a vehicle overturned. got delays building very quickly. 29 b

headed to the accident that is just after the third street tunnel. one right lane getting by. northbound bw parkway, the accident before 197 still blocks the left lane. delays back to the beltway almost. we do have unusual delays. now, tell me better news in the weather department, please. traffic is going south. >> the good news, jack, you can roll your windows down. we have a beautiful sunrise. it is dry outside and comfortable. your bus stop for today, breezy and dry this morning. by the afternoon, breezy and warm. recess temperatures will be warming up. your commute this morning, aside from what jack showed you, it's dry. by this evening, we'll be having thunderstorms moving in, especially around dinnertime. that's going to be in the forecast later today. it's 70 right now, washington. 66 dulles. 6 in clinton. 67 in gaithersburg. bus stop forecast, about the low 70s by 7:00 a.m. dry. by 3:00 p.m. more clouds with temperatures in the mid-80s. here are the thunderstorms i showed you.

later on today. future weather showing through 2:00 p.m., mostly dry, then through 6:00 p.m. there are the storms. tomorrow, clouds hang around. temperatures are a lot cooler and scattered showers for the second day back to school. we're also watching a major hurricane out there. meteorologist lauryn ricketts is standing by with a closer look at irma. >> sheena, yes. we watched the 5:00 a.m. update come in together and the winds are up to 150 miles right now. the eye is so well-defined. but i need everybody to relax just a little bit. we are still watching the track on this. there is a lot of questions to be answered. look at this eye right now. there's no doubt it's a powerful storm. it's headed towards northern portion of the lesser antilles. the leeward islands. should pass through later on tonight. we'll watch it as it moves to the north of cuba. there's a few things to point out. beware of sharing on social media. get information from a meteorologist. it's likely tota

4. wind up to 157 miles an hour, it's a category 5. tracker roars could be from 175 to 225 miles per hour. four to five days out. let me show you the track right now. it's going to continue past north of cuba. if it goes over cuba, that's a mountainous region. so it will weaken a little bit. this is the cone of uncertainty that we'll continue to watch as we go get a little closer. any impacts to the mid-atlantic will not likely be until after tuesday. all right, lauryn. as we go through today, temperatures in the mid to upper 830s. afternoon thunderstorms. tomorrow, very different for the bus stop. it will be cool and cloudy. scattered light showers. low 70s, look at the weekend. absolutely gorgeous. aaron and eun, good morning to you both. drivers may soon see relief at the gas pump. prices have spiked in the aftermath of hurricane harvey are coming back down on expectations that texas

some refineries have restarted operations. the colonial pipeline, the largest fuel system has restarted. gas prices which don't include federal and state taxes are down about 4% today. aaron and eun, back to you. 6:56. here are four things to know. the roads will be busier today as more kids in our area head back to school. 160,000 headed back in montgomery county alone. share your first day photos on social media. #ready for school. it's not so happy trails for people who use the georgetown branch trail. starting today, it is closed for the next five years for purple line construction. opponents plan to file a lawsuit hoping to stop the closure. the trump administration is expected to announce today it's ending the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca program.

>> and this prince george's county's damon and the choir are hoping to make to the finals competing tonight on "america's got talent" at 8:00 p.m. on nbc4. they're awesome. good luck. >> everybody on their feet. the whole auditorium. >> going to church. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up ws. >> the "today" show is next. stay with nbc washington for all your updates on back to school. >>

good morning. new threat? the coming storm. states of emergency declared in florida, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands as hurricane irma approaches. already a powerful category 4 and it could grow even stronger. this morning why a direct hit anywhere on the east coast would be historic. decision day, president trump expected to end a controversial program protecting nearly 1 million undocumented young immigrants. an announcement set for this morning. the backlash already brewing. show of force. south korea conducting a new round of live fire drills in response to north