the last time i spoke to my mother was monday night. nobody has been able to get any communication to or from the island. we're all sort of hoping we can hear something in the next few days at the very least. >> hoping that they hear word soon. at least seven people have died on that island. emergency crews are having trouble getting relief supplies to people because the airport and seaports are closed due to heavy damage. staying on top of the breaking news out of mexico city where rescuers are frantically searching for survivors. we're also getting new images of those intense rescue efforts. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk. what are you seeing? >> the images are unreal. they're trying to free a little girl trapped underneath the debris of her own school. ta

her mom and dad must be feeling right now. completely helpless as their little girl is trapped. emergency workers have pulled 52 people out of collapsed structures around the city. the magnitude 7.1 quake turned dozens of buildings to rubble in mexico city. >> chris, what's the latest on the death toll at this point? >> it's painstaking because they hammer, hammer, hammer and then they stop, ask everyone to be quiet so they can hear if anyone is inside. they're digging through tons of rubble. at last check, it's still at least 245 people. back to you. >> staggering number. chris lawrence at the live desk. thank you. we're working with you for the other top stories. >> we expect welch to confess to a sex assault. he was sentenced to 48 years for killi

montgomery county. they were abducted in 1975. the massage envy employee accused of violating customers will be in court. one accuser came forward after hearing the first report. he touched her inappropriately last month at the massage envy business. she informed the owner about the business on september 5th. a different woman says the same suspect abused her 12 days later. massage envy fired the suspect after his arrest. today we should find out kbha the new name of jeb stuart high school will be. the superintendent will post the recommendation for the name online today. this comes after the community voted over the weekend. the leading choices include stuart or stuart raiders and some variation of thur good marshall. they will present it to the school board next week. this might not surprise you. we live in one of the worst

amount of tame it takes to get to work. >> it takes d.c. and maryland drivers about 30 minutes every day. virginia is tied at eighth place nationally. 28.5 minutes. the area with the best commute in the commonwealth were arlington, fairfax county and alexandria. the worst is stafford county. of course, this all depends where you're working, where you're coming from. what tiechlt day you leave. all the commute times in virginia were worse than the state average. no surprise there either. a lot of people coming into the city. the traffic on 395, 66 is banana town. it's crazy. >> carpooling and mass transit. it doesn't seem to matter. >> downtown washington. >> the congestion, the people who can't drive, come on now, be honest. >> all the traffic circles. got to make a left turn from the right lane. >> don't get me started on the

lights. >> laying out the traffic patterns around here. it's spokes and circles on a grid. that means everything is -- >> besides that, it's beautiful. >> besides fighting the british -- >> traffic world, pick us up on the way. >> pull the presidential treatment and take the helicopter to work. a little fog outside. northern maryland across parts of central virginia, manassas to warrenton, be on the lookout for that. otherwise, sunny and warm today. afternoon highs up near 88 degrees. that's a full 10 degrees warmer than average. sheena parveen is outside today enjoying some great early fall weather. let's take a listen from ms. sheena. good morning. where can we -- outstanding in her field it looks like. >> yeah. chuck if you're lucky, i might bring you back a

there's a ton of pumpkins out here this morning. it is gorgeous. we're in centreville, virginia. it's beautiful out here. it's a little cool. i look at my nbc washington app. it's 60 degrees right now. i will tell you, for fall activities, this is it. -- >> sheena's shot is frozen. sorry for the technical difficulties. we're going to get back to her at the farm. >> rob stallworth has a look at the traffic this morning. hey, rob. >> hey guys. i'll take a pumpkin and a helicopter for $50 if you don't mind. if you're traveling on the outer loop, just after georgia avenue, headed towards connecticut avenue, still got a work zone set up along the side. northbound i-95, after thornburgh, exit 606, still with

right lane. watch out for that. otherwise, in maryland, edge water, central avenue, both ways east of cam lets road. lanes blocked. back to you guys. time is money. that is especially true when it comes to the new metro policy. how the move could actually impact your weekend plans. no shirt, no shoes, no dogs. the move to ban man's best friend from area bars. they're going for gold. now we know what the 2018 winter olympic medals will actually look like. a preview of what we can expect

i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf

narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. john adams: the best attorney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

if you had any contact with pigs at the charles county fair and feel sick, you may want to call your doctor. the maryland department of health says seven people tested possible for a strain of flu. this happened after coming in contact with the pigs at the fair. none of them has been taken to the hospital or developed a serious illness. but symptoms to look out for are the same as the seasonal flu, sore throat, fever and cough. you've been to a coffee shop, restaurant in d.c., someone with a pet. sometimes they're ouftd gate, sometimes inside. in d.c., that's illegal.

soon. the health inspector general ordered all dogs off the patio at the midlands bjerregaard en. the business is partially owned by the son of news 4 reporter tom sherwood. >> but he's in the kitchen with their dogs. it's an outdoor venue anyway. there are birds. they seem dirtier than domestic animals. >> that's a good point. there are birds and other -- squirrels. >> the d.c. health department is reviewing the regulation now. one d.c. council member is considering emergency legislation to allow dogs at some restaurants. the rules are different in maryland and virginia. >> in arlington and montgomery county, bars and restaurants can apply for permits to allow pets. it depends how far it is from the restaurant. >> i think the concern is bringing

places. >> where there's food. >> if you've got a mellow dog and you're outside on the patio, fine. >> if he's jumping on the table to eat off the plato owe. >> or eat off my plate, we'll have a situation. things are cool outside. if you want to take a pooch out. >> don't get between aaron and a piece of chicken. >> pork chops. >> fair enough. we've got a clear sky outside. not much fog inside the city. there are areas in the rural areas with patchy fog. it is going to be a case of summertime all the way into the first weekend of autumn. >> complete check at 4:51. stay with us. this effort to repeal and replace obamacare continues. a closer look at whether republicans can make it happen by next week's deadline when we dw live to capitol hill.

sweet 4k tv, mr. peterson. thanks. pretty psyched. did you get fios too? no. mr. peterson, fios is a 100% fiber optic-network. what does that mean? think about it. if you got an awesome new car you'd put the best gas in it, right. so why hook up your awesome technology to anything other than a fiber-optic network? i got to go. peterson. peterson's wife. counting on you guys. your internet deserves the 100% fiber-optic network. and now get our fastest internet ever plus tv and phone for just $79.99 per month.

good morning guys. i'm sheena parveen. i'm live at cox farm in centerville. there's so much to do here. tomorrow is the first day of fall. as we go through the day, get ready for your plans. we're going to talk more about what there is to do here. there are a ton of pumpkins, but there's so much more that you cannot see. we're going to show you that coming up in a bit. boy oh, boy, mid-80s, pumpkins behind her. i'm chris lawrence in the live desk. the securities and exchange commissiis

the hackers may have used it for illegal trading. the system we're talking about is big. processes 1 to 2 million electronic filings in a given year. the s.e.c. chairman says the breach did not expose any personally identifiable information. aaron? chris, thank you. 15 before the hour now. equifax may have exposed customers to identity theft again. yesterday on twitter, the company linked a -- posted a link to a fake equifax security site. they created it to point out the weak online security. he never imagined they'd tweet it. 200,000 people visited the site before it was taken down. the creator says no personal information was saved there. hackers did steal 143 million people's personal information from equifax servers earlier this month. today north korea will be at the top of the agenda for president trump. he's expected to meet with the president of

korea in new york city. this is part of the event surrounding the united nations general assembly. while the president has been in new york city this week here in washington, republicans have been working on a new health care plan. the senate is hoping to take another crack at repealing the affordable care act next week. tracie potts is on capitol hill with more. where do things stand on this bill? >> still up in the air. they don't know if they'll have the votes. the top republican on the senate side here. here's where we stand. dozens of times they tried to repeal the affordable care act unsuccessfully so far. the rules are now changing. after next week, it becomes harder. instead of a simple majority, 50 plus one to get this done. they have to get some democrats on board after next week, which is very unlikely to happen. so the big push is next week. the bilk referred to by the names of the sponsors, would repeal major parts of th

obamacare. it would scale back significantly funding for medicaid and that is what a lot of states or several states, including some republican states are objecting to the we'll see what happens with that next week. we don't know. but they're racing to get the votes to get this done. after next saturday, the process becomes a lot harder if not impossible. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. two african-american workers have filed a discrimination suit against the trump international hotel here in washington. according to the "washington post," the workers say black employees at the blt prime steakhouse in the hotel are routinely denied more lucrative shifts and subjected to discriminatory behavior. the hotel called the allegations baseless. they said the men worked for a third-party company. that company also disputes the allegations. a news 4 identification says

they initially filed brian hawkins in july. but the agency was forced to rehire him while hawkins appealed. he was in charge of the va when the i-team revealed serious problems, like supply shortages, unclean conditions and surgical rooms in disrepair. the va let hawkins go yesterday indicating the appeals are over. va secretary david shul kins said it is the right move for veterans. today, your generosity will help a family get through a terrible time. their daughter died last month from sids, she was only four weeks old. she lived in a motel that houses some of d.c.'s homeless families and her family couldn't afford a funeral or burial. there was a go fund me page set up that we told you about in the nbc washington app. >> we want to thank you for that help. that funeral will happen today. such a sad story.

>> it's good the community could surround this family and help out. if you're planning to go to the redskins game on sunday, start finding a new way home. a new metro policy requires event organizers to put down $100,000 per hour to keep trains running late. so far the 'skins have not paid up. metro has not made back what it makes during those hours. the agency says not as many fans use the rails to get to and from redskins games. >> the ballpark takes you right there. where the redskins from fedex field, you have to get on the metro and take the shuttle. it's not as convenient. >> people do it. they'll get home. >> i've tried this. it's a big process. good luck. >> if you watch the redskins games sunday night on tv, no problem. you get all the bells and whistles on the tv.

nbc4. sunday night football. >> you work for the company or something? >> i do. the king of beers is teaming up with a top ride sharing service to provide safe rides for folks in d.c. who want to enjoy a night on the town. budweiser and lyft announced free round trip rides to fight drunk driving. starting tonight, d.c. residents can go to the facebook and instagram pages to get a $20 ride credit to use on the lyft app. you have to use it between 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on thursday, friday or saturday. it's available every weekend through the end of year. take a look at the new medals for the 2018 winter olympics. they were unveiled in seoul, south korea and new york city. the host city. the korean alphabet is incorporated and spells out

pyeongchang. you can catchall of the olympic coverage here on nbc4. be sure to tune in. i'm going to head out to pyongyang in february to bring you complete coverage. >> very jealous of this trip. >> i understand. it's cold out. i'm not jealous. >> it is the winter olympics. we can't have them on the equator. >> i'm curious to see which sports you'll try when you get there. have you thought about this? >> curling is what i want to try. >> come on. >> canadian? >> curling. >> slalom. >> the long jump. >> i want to get back in one piece. coming back here to my family, my nbc4 family. >> when i was a kid, the wide world of sports. they had the poor guy with a snow skier went off and catapulting off. >> skis are going different directions. >> this poor guy goes spilling down the slopes. >> you know how i feel about winter sports. i like

with hot chocolate. >> i knew there had to be a hot drink involved somewhere. it is indeed a quiet day. you won't want hot beverages as a real taste of summertime is going to linger into the first few days of autumn. the autumnal equinox occurs tomorrow afternoon. right now a 69 degree start in washington. mostly in the 60s. there are plenty of rural areas. down below 60. 59 martinsburg and winchester. a nice comfy start to the day as you plan out today, it is going to be warm and i mean quickly. we should be mid-70s by 10:00 in the morning. lunchtime temperatures already in the low 80s. afternoon highs today mid to upper 80s. a little hint of humidity as well. in your hometown, downtown washington, 88. 82 in gaithersburg. 86 down the road in fredericksburg. can stay ahead of th

we'll have the latest on hurricane maria in there as well. you can follow me on my social media pages. instagram. forecast for you. typically has more dogs than food photographs than it does about the weather. you can find me on facebook. we love the food and dogs. come on now. the trend around here, keep in mind, 78 is the average high temperature. we're going to be nearly 10 degrees warmer than average through tomorrow, friday, saturday, sunday. so you get the picture here. anything but a fall forecast. what was jose is still off the coast of massachusetts up here. expected to drift ever southward with time. not going to be much of a threat to the u.s. but it's going to linger out here long enough. we may actually have interaction with maria as we get into the tuesday, wednesday time frame of next week. coming up in the top of the hour, i'll show you the latest track and the 5:00 a.m. advisory on maria. if you're planning to go to the beaches, i'll see you at the coast. 82 on friday.

near 80 saturday and sunday with near perfect weather for going to the beach or just staying right here at home. there's your first peek of the ten-day forecast. look at all those numbers in the mid to upper 80s. again, 78 is average. we'll be nearly 10 degrees above average today, tomorrow, through the weekend into monday and tuesday. we'll start keeping track of where maria is going to be in the tuesday, wednesday time frame. cooler weather, more typical of september. doesn't look to arrive until late next week and into next weekend. sheena will be joining us from the cox farm in the next hour. for now, it is traffic time. let's go to wtop. >> hey, chuck. good morning folks. if you're traveling on the outer loop of the beltway through silver springs, still with the work zone after georgia avenue. stay to the right in order to get by. virginia, northbound i-95 after thornburg, route 606, we have a crash involving a tractor-trailer which left some

left lane now getting by the crash in response on scene. otherwise, in maryland, edge water, 214, central avenue, both east of camplets road. be careful of that. live from the wtop traffic center, i'm rob stallworth. aaron, eun, back to you. >> rob, we'll check back in with you in a bit. it's unusual for things to go missing at a hotel. maybe a towel, robe, pillow. >> some people. >> hotel in our area wants it back. what the policy aims to do. >> bar a soap. teachers spend a lot of their own money for school supplies. the i-team found it's not always what youthink.

ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. sweet 4k tv, mr. peterson. thanks. pretty psyched. did you get fios too? no. mr. peterson, fios is a 100% fiber optic-network. what does that mean? think about it.

in it, right. so why hook up your awesome technology to anything other than a fiber-optic network? i got to go. peterson. peterson's wife. counting on you guys. your internet deserves the 100% fiber-optic network. and now get our fastest internet ever plus tv and phone for just $79.99 per month. welcome back. the washington marriott park wants the towels you took, back. sort of. the hotel turns 100 and is trying to round up some of the memorabilia that checked out over the years along with the guests. the hotel will use all the past memorabilia collected to create a permanent display in its lobby. >> all the pillows that walked away on its own. that sort of thing. >> apparently, they want some of the -- you do take -- apparently so

they want the stories to go behind the memorabilia. the best story will win a two-night weekend stay at the hotel. still might be paying off the credit card bills for the school supplies you bought your kids. >> a news 4 i-team survey shows the teachers are too. some are spending thousands out of their own pockets for the classroom. scott macfarlane explains. >> reporter: all the kids are back to school this month. all the teachers too. news 4 i-team review found the teachers came out of pocket before they came back to school. buying hundreds of dollars each for supplies for their classroom. pencils, paper, marker, each food, sanitary supplies. they they're needed in the classroom but not provided by the local school district. >> they're buying glue sticks and paper and pencils and tissues and all kinds of things

their job. they do it every single year. it doesn't matter if they're first-year teacher or a 30-year veteran, they're spending money on their students because they know it's what the students need. >> the news 4 i-team surveyed school districts and teachers throughout our area. d.c., maryland and virginia, some of the unexpected things we found teachers buying, how much they're spending and what happens when you go along with the teacher on back to school shopping day. for now, scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. right now at 5:00 a.m., tracking maria. the hurricane regaining strength after pummeling puerto rico. the latest advisory coming in. we'll tell you where it's headed next. >> massage assault. they paid for relaxation. instead, they were assaulted. new details about a second alleged victim of a local masseuse. >