you notice the area here in pink that includes montgomery county, points to the north and west, severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00. a lot of storms continuing to come through. louden county through the rest of montgomery county over the next couple of hours. we do have a latest advisory on irma, maybe with more on that. >> the biggest that we're seeing, takes it a little bit moreover cuba. this is still a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds moving towards the west at 15 miles per hour. you can takes a reporter and then heads towards the dem cat ren as -- a bit of a change with the track, it potentially makes land fall right around cuba as category 4. it will still have major impacts on the florida keys and southern parts o

a lot of false news being reported. there's nothing higher than not matter. what we're seeing, we're hearing evacuations for the keys, likely, miami, as well. it's going to cause catastrophic damage down in parts of florida, unfortunately. it's good we'll try to hone in on this track. that will be over the weekend. >> not until saturday or even sunday as it makes its way on shore, much more on that and much more on these storms, any new warnings that will develop and continue to bring them here right from the storm center. >> now, breaking news you saw first on 4. the daughter of diplomat accused of stabbing a boy inside a prestigious private school in the district. we have just learned, she will not be facing charges. pat collins is at the british international school in northwest to tell us why. >> reporter: wendy, i want to

floor of the british international school here on wisconsin avenue, that's where they say the assault took place. now, the suspect, a young girl, a juvenile, but she may never been arrested. she may never be charged. diplomatic immunity the victim, a 13-year-old boy stabbed twice in the shoulder with a pair of scissors. rushed to the hospital. conscious and breathing, he's expected to be okay. it happened on the third floor of the prestigious british international school in glover park. it happened around 1:00. the suspect, a girl, she's said to be the daughter of a diplomat and eligible for di plo mattic immunity. >> the case is under -- diplomatic immunity. >>

identified, however because of the diplomatic status, there's not going to be any arrest at this time. any questions can be referred to at the state department. >> it is highly regarded academic institution for preschoolers up to 12th graders. tuition around $25,000 a year. it's the last place you might expect to find a crime scene but, indeed, that's what it became today. parents concerned about what happened here. >> what do you make of it? >> it's very sad, honestly. >> i'm just shocked -- i never expected this from a school like this. >> i'm sad. it hurts for the parents. my hard goes out to the family. >> the school sent out messages to alert parents. here now, he and -- can you tell us about what you told

the school. student body safe and well. we'll continue the school day as normal. we had spoken to the student body. we'll be releasing them, as normal. >> reporter: the police say they're continuing to investigate and they're going to refer this case to the attorney general to help them decide exactly what to do here. wendy, back to you. >> will she be expel frd the school or expelled from the country. >> i don't know. this is a private school, all those are private matters, but i am imagine they're going to deal with this add pat collins, thank you -- and pat collins, thank you. a man is dead this evening after collapsing. we're told the man was found unconscious at the bottom of an escalator here in northwest dc. he died at the hospital.

to call this a death investigation. we'll keep you updated as more comes into news 4. >> and a man suspected of killing one person seriously wounding another, has turned himself in. brian pierce is accused of shooting two men outside of his home in charles county. one of the victims, robert branson died. investigators say after the shooting, pierce took off in his car before he ditched it. authorities launched an extensive manhunt. they could not locate him. we're told pierce knew both victims. rallies at the white house and all over the country today after the trump administration announced it will end the program known as daca. that program allows young undocumented immigrants to come here as children to remain in the u.s. the white house is giving congress six months to act on immigration. today's decision could impact people in ourio

hundreds of thousands all over the country. we have team coverage for you tonight. we'll begin with chris lawrence. he's in the newsroom with details, chris. >> daca is protecting about 800,000 young people from being deported. normally president obama doesn't comment on the current administration. late this afternoon he released a statement that caused the decision contrary to our spirit and common sense. mr. obama wrote in part, to target these young people is wrong because they have done nothing wrong. it is self defeating. they want to start new businesses, serve in our military. otherwise contribute to the country we love, many added, quote and it is cruel. attorney general jeff sessions made the announcement this morning and said the government will not accept any new applications. some current daca recipients have a permit that expires before next march. they'll have a chance to apply for two-year renewal. it's giving congress six months to come up with a perma

contentious negotiations. republican senator lindsey graham is pushing for his colleagues to pass the dream act. >> when you tell them to go home, they'll go back to the house they were raised in. they have no other country, other than america. there are no more connected to our own country where i am to scotland where my grandfather came from. for republican party view, this is a defining moment. we need to create a process for the step to fix a broken immigration system. >> senator graham is urging president trump to get personally involved. he wants to see some action on a dream met to enact broader immigration reform, wendy. >> chris lawrence, thank you, chris. daca supporters held rallies across the country today. this was the scene in philadelphia. young immigrants say they're anxious about their futures now. demonstrators also hit the street

to end this program is not fair and it is unjust. news 4 megan fitzgerald was with protesters in the district today. and she joins us now with some of their stories, megan. >> yeah, wendy, we've seen these protests popping up all throughout the city. you're looking at one behind me here. they all started here at the white house. you can hear their chant. they're carrying these signs. they're protesting against the trump administration to end the daca program. now, a lot of these folks you're looking at here are dreamers. they tell us they're fearful that going back to their native country could be the decision of life and death to them. >> it would have been a fight all across the country in every corner, wherever we have to stand up for justice. >> reporter: it's a fight for justice for the hundreds of people who are protesting the decision to end daca which allows people brought to the country illegally as children to stay. >> i have family members that were muer

parents came here to this country. >> for folks like juan martinez, the fight is personal. >> there's no other choice, either. we stay here or possibly face our life ending over there. it's very dangerous over there at the moment. >> juan was brought to the u.s. from mexico when he was two years old because his parents wanted him to have a better life. now, he's a college student pursuing his dream of becoming an architect. today he's facing what he describes as the biggest test in his life. >> we're trying to help the united states become a better country. >> as protesters made their way down pennsylvania avenue. >> fearful of the unknown. but i'm hopeful that there's something better coming. >> we bettor ry torez, mother o three-year-old boy. >> i'm sole provider for my boy, i don't know what happens. >> she understands that laws were bron

many of these protesters say that protecting the so-called dreamers is the right thing to do. >> the majority of people support dreamers. the support of people need to be heard. that's way it works in this country. and this isn't fair. >> and you're taking another live look outhere right outside of the white house, you can see these protesters continue to chant. holding these signs, legalize my dreams. we talked to organizers and they tell us we will be back out here protesting. they tell us we will be lobbying members of congress, as we know, there's six months. six months for congress to act, to save these dreamers or not. organizers say they'll be doing everything they can to make sure that these dreamers are allowed to stay in the country. jim. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. it's flown on private land on the side of i-95 for years. now opponents are calling for a huge confederate flag

down. ahead at 5:00, why there are concerns tonight about a possible confrontation. a louden county judge allowing prosecutors to drop the most serious charge against the man accused of hitting and killing a five month old. just ahead on news 4. while they say justice may never happen. puerto rico in the path of a potentially catastrophic hurricane. he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam.

went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away.

storms moving into the dc area, doug has an update on timing and when it will clear out of here. that's coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> some residents of a louden county neighborhood say they are frustrated by the courts ruling today a judge dropped the most serious charge against a driver who hit and killed a baby in a stroller. northern virginia reporter david culver takes us inside the courtroom today and explains what led up to this decision. >> sitting quietly as the prosecutor explained why they want to drop the most serious charge against miller, voluntary manslaughter. >> i actually felt like he sounded more like the defense attorney than the prosecutor. >> elizabeth freeman and her husband, dael, just a small part of the community here in hopes of

tristan schultz's death. >> i think the minimum that the community would like to see, is some sign of remorse. >> august 31st of last year, miller driving his jeep, making a turn on to river side parkway, hitting mindy as she was pushing the stroller in the cross walk, killing the five month old. prosecutors say they can't prove voluntary manslaughter beyond a reasonable doubt. miller's legal team leaving court separately. >> i don't think it will be appropriate for me to comment. >> where is mr. miller, their client. we waited a little bit longer only to realize he had been escorted by a deputy out a private deputy. special treatment, so we thought, who -- any of you who have business here at the louden county courthouse can request a deputy escort. >> i feel sick that this is the out

>> this whole ordeal, leaving many heart broken. >> as moms, as members of the community, it's now our mission and our responsibility to make sure that this doesn't happen another time. >> this isn't the last time miller will be here at the louden county courthouse, assuming he doesn't enter a plea deal. he'll be back here in early october to face those two lesser charges. in louden county, david culver, news 4. >> congress is back at work after a month long vacation. and at the top of the list is funding for hurricane harvey. >> starting tomorrow, congress will take up a bill of more than $7 billion in aid, next a number of must-do items on that list, raising the debit limit, funding the government by the end of the month to avoid a government shutdown. complicating all of this. the president's insis stens for that border wall and the other items on the gop wish list, tax reform and another shot at health care.

today, with immigration now added to it. >> congress, as we mention, has six months to come up with a fix or daca is done. nbc news senior political editor joins us now in the studio. the attorney general says this program enacted by president obama was more of an issue not a political issue. it would not have held up in court. does this give them some wiggle room there and gives them some backing that this was not a political decision on their part. >> you've heard from other experts, including former president barack obama that it was more political than illegal. you had state attorney generals who were saying, hey, we have another lawsuit against another obama executive action, we're going to tack on daca to that if you don't do something by september 5th, today, which is what spurred it. a lot of other people are saying this is a deadline that was created by other people, not necessarily something that had to do with executive actions or legislative actions. >> well, is there any

politically, for republican lawmakers to do something with this? >> we've heard from several republican lawmakers, including lindsey graham who said, hey, i do have legislation bipartisan legislation, in fact, with dick durban to be able to get something done. the real tell and house republican leaders senator mitch mcconnell, here are my to-do items, house speaker paul ryan ended up saying, we want to do something to be able to help. it's not on their top priority. with all these other things that are happening, particularly, with not a lot else coming from the white house, no leadership. here is what i want you to do and how to do it. count me as someone who is skeptical congress is going to be able to get anything done on this. >> short term versus long-term, how does this impact republicans do, you see it? >> short term, you know, i think it's another bone that president trump can throw to his

he campaigned on getting rid of daca, he's able to fulfill that long term. the latino population continues to expand. republicans are going to face demographic issue. that didn't play out in 2016. people do wonder, 2020, 2024, 2028 whether something like that ends up playing out, what did strike out to me, though, in 2016, the latino community ended up voting for hillary clinton by the same margin of barack obama. she was going to get more votes, bigger share than latino. i it will be interesting to see what happens in the future i lexs. >> -- elections. you'll hear many more stories of young immigrants and their families being impacted by their families tonight on 7:00 on nbc nightly news. storm team 4 is tracking severe weather that's moving through our region. doug is back with a look at t

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let's get right to the radar. the radar and irma, severe thunderstorm warning still in effect until 5:30 for louden county, northern clark county, in towards parts of northern virginia, tracking another couple of areas. first off, look at this line right here. the strongest part of this line right around the area, very close to leesburg. look at this one, this storm back to the west around front royal, a very strong storm here. possibly, even a little rotation back here. this is something we'll watch very closely. hail has been reported with this storm right around the front royal area. this storm has just popped up. this one right here has flaired in parts of eastern -- northwestern portions of the herndon area, around the fairfax county area. these are mov

south and east. if you're around gaithersburg, let's zoom on into this area. gaithersburg right here. here is rockville coming in across 270. now we're in rush hour. that's going to slow things down coming out of the district and some of the heaviest rain right now this news storm formed right along drainsville road, in towards parts of the herndon area, watch out in this region, this will hit right towards great falls and over towards river road over the next half hour to hour or so. this whole thing moves through the city. look at this line, very long line. this is a cold front that's going to be moving through, temperatures today, mid to upper 80s. we're only in the upper 60s to low 70s. now, let's turn our attention down to the south. hurricane irma, not just major hurricane, unprecedented in this part of the atlantic ocean, the strongest hurricane ever in the atlantic. we've had stronger in the caribbean and gulf, but in the

any time you see an eye, that clear, that round, you know you've got yourself a big storm right now approaching the islands. very close to puerto rico by this time tomorrow. here is the official forecast, bringing it to puerto rico, just to the north of puerto rico as a catego category 5 storm. that means, this is mostly going to be some high wind, heavy rain fall event, a lot of flash flooding could be there. and close to -- look what happens here, by friday, 155-mile-an-hour category 4. this is huge, folks, if it does move into cuba, it will weaken significantly and come back on the other side a little bit weaker it does bring it down. i want to show you one more thing, here. this is the forecast track. but there are two areas that we're watching, one area of models bring it up to t

area, another bring it down through cuba and then up and into the fort myers region, so that's why you have this track and this cone of uncertainty. you've got two different model solutions that are going on here, the big area right here along east coast of florida, the other along the west coast. where exactly does it hit, still a lot of time to figure it out. all interest in the entire state are going to be watched over the next couple of days, evacuations already in parts of florida. 73 degrees tomorrow. scattered showers, cooler weather, a little on the cloudy side. after tomorrow, it gets beautiful around here. 74 on your thursday. 75 friday. the weekend looking great, too. look at early next week, next tuesday, wednesday, maybe even thursday, we will be tracking irma trying to make its way here. looks like a rain event. we're not worrying about any wind. that will be in florida, we'll continue to keep you posted, amelia will join you in just a minute.

crawls over florida and then starts, what will start crawling up the east coast, if anything. >> yeah, if it goes through florida, depending on how it goes through, a lot of the computer models, if it does come through florida, some of the models have it hugging the east coast and back out to sea and hitting areas like charleston and south carolina. the european model brings it up in towards the front meyers area and across orlando, that brings it up towards the savannah charleston area. a lot of impacts even on the east coast over the next week or so. >> no chance it gathers any strength over the gulf. that's relief to a lot of folks. >> we'll be watching. >> doug, thank you. it has been about a year since the washington monument was shutdown to visitors. we're learning more about when it can reopen. >> if you've driven down 95, you've probably seen this huge flag on the side of the interstate.

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virginia. protesters are preparing to rally against a confederate flag flying here over i-95. >> this fight comes with a catch, unlike many of the confederate monuments, this flag is on private property. residents who deent like the message are gathering now. julie carey is there tonight with this. i understand, i guess after charlottesville, there are unusual safety measures in place there tonight, jewels; is that correct? >> reporter: you're looking at them right now. these barriers put in place, just a few hours ago. county spokeswoman tells me after what happens in charlottesville, these were put here to protect the demonstrators as they come to ask the county to take a stand on this confederate flag. now, few folks are here early, they're planning to gather up between 6 and 7:00 tonight and they'll go inside to address the supervisors. >> it's h

con federal flag flying next to i-95. bill johnson myles said he recently came face to face with lots of confederate flags in charlottesville, when confrontation led to deadly violence. >> experience the hatred. solve the confederate flag phone right next to the nazi flags. >> other stafford residents are joining together to join virginiians united for piece and equalitity. they went before the board a couple of weeks ago. that big flag gives the wrong impression about stafford. >> we're concerned that it may be seen as somewhat racist, the impression of the flag is certainly negative in its connotations and we're concerned that's the way people view it. >> as part of statewide campaign, they're -- property owner didn't want to be interviewed on camera, but debra tells me "it's heritage, not ,

but those opposed to the flag want to change the view here. they're urging the county board to put up a very visible statement near the flag. >> we've asked for the county, to number one, put a billboard on both the north and southbound sides near the flag welcoming everybody to stafford county. >> the county board has met one request posting this statement on its web site that reads in part, we value an environment of unity, trust and understanding. we honor our history and respect and protect the right to live from discrimination. now those who have arranged it, they're wondering whether flag supporters will also be here to speak to the board of supervisors. so far several i've spoken to, say they don't know of any plans to do that. back to you in the studio. >> we're learning more this evening about the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of two virginia state troopers. they

outside of charlottesville during last month's the rally. it says, security video shows the helicopter spinning nose down before disappearing into the trees. the debris field was several hundred feet long. the ntsb also says there is no evidence that the chopper was struck by any object or bird. they're working to determine the cause. nasa captured this image. it's now a category 5 storm. currently barrelling toward the caribbean where puerto rico could feel the worst of it. walter has a look at how people there are getting ready and getting out.

hurricane that could hit puerto rico since 1928. it has sustained winds of 175 miles an hour. that's stronger than hurricane harvey. they've insisted that people living in places. >> this is a very dangerous system, right now, passing northeast of puerto rico and ekted pathway, of the 55 miles north, but small variation to that could provoke a very devastating system passing through puerto rico. >> the people has flooded the supermarkets and the stores in order to get ready for this emergency before it starts to get dangerous tomorrow by the afternoon. from puerto rico. >> someone who knows her way around the huan

back from texas, amelia draper who spent a week covering the storm and its aftermath. >> amazing work down there. >> thank you, guys, appreciate it. >> the rest of us was watching, what was the biggest difference seeing such a historic event on the ground where you were. >> i think what was so interesting, the damage was so widespread i was trying to bring you stories of maybe a home or a couple of families. guys, that was every one in the neighborhood. every single house, so you're coming home tonight, think about the neighborhood dealing with flooding like what you're seeing on your screen there. >> when you left, when did you leave houston. >> i left on thursday. >> all right, what was the state there? what was the state of houston? >> it was just rebuilding. they were moving on. everybody was so thankful that they were okay. they didn't mind that their homes were completely ruined, completely destroyed from waters. every single person in the houston area that i encountered was thankful they were okay and friends and family

>> and as a scientist, meteorologist, what was it like for you to be on the ground and watch the effect of this storm surge. >> well, that's the other thing that's so interesting, you talk about 40 to 50 inches of rain is going to, you know, potentially pile up or amount to. we haven't seen an amount that great. in the lower 48. you can only speculate to what that's going to lead to. to actually see that flash flooding, you think about you driving down your street, the road is always lower than your home is, imagine that water rising up to your front doorstep in about three hours time. >> you shared so many stories. i didn't hear any negativity from anybody in terms of wanting to move or not rebuild, they're made of tough stuff. >> it was inspiring here you see lucy, this was one of the stories that really has stayed with me. she lost another son to drowning and saw me in the hotel begging that we get her message out but

she cooked breakfast at the hotel. she never once did not make us breakfast when we were down there. those are the kind of wonderful people that i got to experience in houston. >> you covered history, thanks so much for all your work. >> doug has a warning about the storm coming in. >> severe thunderstorm warning, right now, this is pretty much for the same areas that saw warning last time. i just showed it to you, just to the east, in towards warren county, and louden county, this warning going until 6:00. you can see this warning, look at all the lightning associated with this between blue mont. once again, severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00. this will be very close to leesburg, already, pretty strong storm over leesburg right now. back towards the leesburg area at about the next half hour. stay with us, we've got a lot

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in news for your health tonight, damaging effects of the zika virus may actually help people with another deadly disease. scientists say the virus could help slow the development of brain cancer. right now they're injecting zika cells into mice who have cancer. they find it appeared to slow tumor growth and the animals

any human studies are years away. >> the national park service is working to get visitors back inside the washington monument. the agency announcing today it has picked a local company to repair the monument's elevator and to build a new screening facility. it's construction from rock field, one the contract, totals more than $10 million. the national park service shutdown, almost a year ago because of the repeated elevator failures. it's expected to stay closed until the spring of 2019. a historic school of prince georges kouny gets a brand new building. tracee wilkins coming up on news 4, a look at the past and now, their future. >> i'm tom sherwood in northeast washington and pep koe service center. the district of columbia has thound of blue colorsa

boy, it is nasty out in some parts out to the west of us. doug, how is it looking now as this front comes through. >> we're still tracking the severe storms right into louden county, eastern parts of clark and warren counties, too. big time storm there. storms into parts of maryland. look at this new storms developing south and west of fredericksburg if you're in and around fredericksburg. those storms moving your way very quickly. let's take a look at the strongest storm here. this is the storm that's prompted the warning. this morning until 6:00, includes parts of warren county and in towards louden county and extreme county, north of marshall. right along 50 here. so heads up in this area around blue mont. let's go ahead and zoom on in, give you a couple of other towns here and put t

plain mode to show you what i'm talking about. here is the storm right here that i'm watching in through blue mont, just to the east, west of middleburg, heads up there. more storms around frederick and zooming on into the gaithersburg region in towards montgomery village, big time storms there, as well. some lightning, this is not where i'm expecting to see the strongest winds, though, this is mostly going to be heavy rain right here along rockville. this is 270, yeah, you know it's going to be a mess out there now, you're expecting some loved ones to come home any time. give them a little bit of extra time. here is the line itself, this is from the cold front that continues to push off to the east, bringing much cooler temperatures as we make our way through the next couple of days. let's focus on irma and show you what the latest is here. starting to impact the leeward islands right now. you've got the u.s. virgin islands here.

c -- dominican republic. 185-mile an hour winds, we have not seen that since 2005 in the gulf where you had hurricane trina, rita and wilma. right around puerto rico. we'll watch that very closely and making its way towards cuba, possibly, on shore of cuba. the more it comes on shore, the weaker it gets on the other side. moving in towards, possibly, portions of florida where they're expected to be watching this one over the next couple of days. amelia has been watching this one, too, to put irma in a little bit of perspective. >> it's historic storm. here are a few facts and figures. this is the strongest storm ever in the atlantic. maximum winds at 185 miles an hour and evacuations are already set to begin tomorrow in the florida keys. now, let's talk about the categories of these storms. it's a good reminder of the scale that we use, it's

the stafford simpson scale -- saffir-simpson scale, category 5 storms have sustained winds of 157 miles an hour or more. there's no such thing as category 6 hurricane or higher. now, there have been 35 category 5 hurricanes in the atlantic since 1924 and three that have made u.s. land fall as a category 5. they include the labor day hurricane of 1935. you then have hurricane camille making land fall in 1965 and hurricane andrew happening in 1992. take a look at how impressive the damage was from hurricane andrew, you can see signs just flapping in the wind. there was numerous damage reported to homes, especially in the miami area. whole neighborhoods just leveled, but the good news, the death toll was relatively low, that's because there was enough advanced warning. more than a million people were evacuated. as we said, evacuations are already bei

will heed the warnings and prepare now. >> they're already doing that down towards florida. 73 tomorrow, good chance for some rain. much nicer weather, look at thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, all looking great. we continue to track irma here and later next week. we're following breaking news, a tour bus caught fire creating a mess on i-66 in vienna. these are live pictures of the -- you can see, the flames are out. boy did that thing get torched. no word on any injuries. but that is a mess there. it's a mess there on a good day. now it's even more of a mess. we'll have much more coming up at the top of the story. some students will be walking into a brand new school tomorrow and when they do, they'll get an immediate history lesson. the new fair mont heights high school replaces a building that dates back to the

era. tracee wilkins talked with students new and old about the building's bright future. >> i think it's a really nice school. >> today at freshman orientation, incoming students enjoyed what's been decades in the making. >> it's been a long time koling. >> he's a teacher, but back in 1986 he, too, was a freshman walking the halls of the old school. >> there's a little history that i'm reminded of every time i step foot in this building. >> he's one of the many keepers. >> students had to come from all parts of the county to go one of only two high schools of african-american students could attend. >> in 1950, prince georges county built fair mont heights high to educate african-americans. it was the first public school with county money, other black schools were built with private funds. >> there was lakeland high school. there was douglas and there was high land park, all three of only went to

>> graduated from fair mont in 1963. >> it was the first high school for black students that actually went all the way to the 12th grade. >> in the 70s, desegregation led to influx of white students. soon after many white families left prince georges and the school returned to predominantly african-american, with few changes to the building in its 66-year history. now fair mont heights has a new $93.7 million building. >> they're going to get hands-on experiences that inner city kids don't get that opportunity to have. >> the former school is a registered historic site. the goal is to preserve it, although its students are moving on. >> all the tradition and legacy of this building still need to be a part of prince georges county. >> when the brand new high school opens tomorrow, it will welcome nearly 700 new students.

>> well, nice ending to a story that started with some pretty scarey moments on the side of the road. this is baby carlos. little sweet little guy sleeping. his mom went into labor last thursday night. the parents were racing to the hospital, but the little baby decided to come out even before. the father flagged down a prince georges county police officer who was sitting at a traffic light, that was sergeant nick sicali who called for an ambulance and tried to keep mom calm. says he was scared, as well, but it all turned out just fine. >> that baby is sound asleep. are you ready? the redskins are getting ready for their season opener against the eagles and today for the first time we heard head coach talk about one of his young stars pondering retirement. sherree buruss has more. >> reporter: there are more questions about the absence of second year safety, speaking on it for the first time,

happened. he never talking to him about retiring to this extent. >> i think sometimes your personal life is more important and in this case, for him, it is. you know, there's some issues there he has to take care of and only he can take care of it the way he sees fit. owing things to us, he's given everything he's had since he's been here and he has a lot to decide for a young man. you know, if he wants to continue playing profootball how he wants to go about it. >> a silver lining if you can call that. he already missed a lot of preseason with a knee injury, giving other guys like everett more opportunities and the secondary as a unit, ready to step up. >> you know, that's -- in the locker room issue, i say, we can't take it out to the field. you know, we can't let it bear down on and just because -- he has some issues we'll have to handle. we're going

support him. if he wants to come back out today, he's welcome. you know, it's definitely not any change of attitude around here. >> the support is endless for the second year safety from teammates in the redskins hope giving him a month to figure things out will lead him back to football. >> i've watched him practice and play in games. i know that he loves the game of football. i don't think that's the issue. i think there are some things weighing on his mind that he has to take care of. if he gets those things cleared up, sure we'll take a look at him. >> safety deangelo hall taking the lead communicating with kra

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look anywhere around our area, construction and other blue-kol la blue-collar jobs are booming. >> too many of those jobs aren't filled. >> the district is trying to change that with a brand new blue collar academy. road work crews on eighth street. workers crawling all over a major building project nearby. there's lots of work here and thousands of jobs to be had. >> whether it's the sewer, the welding, the actual fabricating. >> correct. >> the mayor touring a pepco

dc infrastructure academy. it will trade workers a temporary school this fall, a permanent one in 2020. 24-year-old malik jennings has had some. he wants to learn more for blue collar career. he had an emotional introduction of the mayor. >> my path here, i just lost my grandmother on friday, rest in peace to her. it's been tough. i'm very optimistic. i'm sorry, i just want to introduce the mayor, sorry, thank you so much. >> later with his parents, malik told news 4 he's drifted a bit since high school. >> i've had lots of jobs. i've worked in hotels. been a server. >> the graduate of duke ellington school for the arts, he said some friends look down on blue collar work even if those jobs can pay $50 an hour. >> this is the first time i felt like i've had an opportunity or career. what i wouel

actually pursue these trades and these opportunities that the city is providing. >> parents are proud of him. >> what's good about this, it gives him vision, foreseeable future looks bright. >> in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> news 4 begins now with storm team 4. right now at 6:00, hurricane irma is closing in on florida. tourists in florida keys are being told to pack up and leave over the next 12 to 24 hours. think of the worse-case scenario. that's hurricane irma. >> roads are soaked for the evening commute. storm team 4 tracking severe storms moving towards the district right now. >> doug and amelia are in our storm center with the timing and the impact of both of these storms. hi guys. >> hi, guys. amelia is going to have a little bit more. we're tracking some strong storms out there into parts of louden county, into parts o

montgomery county. let's get right to it and show you what i'm talking about. looking at these storms an moving on through, severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:00. this actually comes out -- watch it come down right now. we may lose this warning as we're on the air, as we're looking at 6:00 now. strong storms down around, coming towards the fredericksburg area. these will line up right along i-95. watch out, notice, no more warnings now in this region, still tracking this storm right here, coming right through leesburg, a lot of lightning associated with this, right along 15. you move on damascus, seeing some heavy rain with these thunderstorms, as well. all of which are moving off to the east. this is part of a cold front that's sifting on through our area. that's going to mean much different area for us tomorrow. i'll be back to give you a talk in the next couple of days. the latest on irma. 185 mile an hour hurricane. this one is going to be for the record books. >> the s