last year's event down in charlottesville. for the second year ocounterprotesters plan meet them. >> we have live team coverage over the next three hours beginning with mark segraves. >> mark, d.c. police are hoping and trying with everything they have to preven what happened last year. >> yeah, that's right, jim. it's not just d.c. police. u.s. park police will be here p and fairfice over at virginia in the metro stations playing a big role in this, but, you know, d.c. mayor muriel bowser will actually be central america on a long planned trip that she plans to ee aheadwith, and she says she will beping a close eye on the sittion back other at home. this is the type of scene police in d.c. and virginia are working to avoid. the white supremacists clashing with counterotesters in charlottesville one year ago, a clash that turned deadly. yesterday d.c. mayor muriel bowser along with police briefed reporters on security plans for this weekend,seut b won't be here.

she's going forward with a long plannedrip to el salvador. bowser was asked today who will be in charge whilehe's gone if the protests turn violent. >> i'm always in charge. i'm always the mayor, no matter where i am. >> bowser did t sayre are options should a crisis unfold whil she'sut of country. >> in which case i will make a signation that the city administrator makes any decisions that i'm not able to make, but i -- i should say that we -- that i will -- if i think i'll be ed to be here here. >> organizers of the unite the righ two have a permit to rally in lafayette square across from the white house on sunday. multiple organizations have requested permits to stage te counterpsts at the same time. based uponthe per applications from both sides, po ce expect there to be f more counterprotesters than white supremacists. the rall list result in major road csures around the white house.

five groups of counterprotesters have been issued permits for rallies in separate locations across the city sunday afternoon before marching to lafayette square. at the same time, the white supremacist protesters will meet at vienna metrotation and then take the metro to foggy bottom where they will marthe white house for their rally also in lafayette square. now we can tell you that the park service has issued more permits today for tecorotest rallies including one at the martin luther king jr. memorial d another at the lincoln memorial. that's the very latest outside the white rkhouse. segraves, news 4. >> mark, thank you. some security mesh ours are in neffect right in charlottesville. others will be ramping up in the coming >> news 4's david culver continues our team coverage now in charlottesville one year after a weekend many are trying to forget. >> tonight charlottesville police are preparing to shut

down roa many store owners along the popular downtown mall tellinghe customerswill not be open this weekend. >> and to lose an august saturday is very, very damaging to their businesses. >> reporter: the decision comes as the charlottesville community searches for healing after experiencing last year'sro h >> we are a community of people who are looking to heal, to move forward and to face some of the challees that are lreality. >>t year was terrifying, really terrifying. >> reporter: surrounded in the tran willity of her flower shop owner kar walker struggles with the images of that day. >> made me really, really sad. >> reporter: you've been here more than 20ar >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: is this the charlottesville you know? >> not atall. >> reporter: people to say i don't wan a charlottesville happening here, to have it used that way, does that hurt? >> yeah, yeah. it's not indicative of this town st all. >> reporter: whathis town? >> this town is orlove.

>> rr: the city now decide laurel lawrence's mudhouse coffee shop right on cue and embraced showcasing that love. >> not even a second of hate in this town. r: that's about half the businesses here that plan to close, this shop will stay open handing out freee purlowers to honor the lives lost last year and the mud house plans to keep the coffee brewing. >> we're hope. >> reporter: you're saying open? >> we are. we're a communi sce. people need to have that connection and also our staff made that decision so we stand behind them. >> reporter: your employees wanted to keep going? >> they did. >> reporter: wanted to stay open in. >> yes, they did. >> reporter: they will be serving up a local favorite, a caffeinated surge of le. david culver, news 4. >> news 4 and nbcwashington.com will be on the developments throughout the weekend.

>> for the latest, search rally in our nbc washington app. >> let's go now to storm team 4 chief team meteorologist doug kammerer traeing changes in weekend forecast. doug? >> changes out there over the next couplef days. no problems out there. u temperatur around 80, 90 degrees. 89 degrees in the city after a hi so far of 90 degrees. the rest of the area though, not quite at hot. beautiful day down towards the beaches. 89 philly and 86 up towards state collea. ittle shower made its way through hagerstown but most of us will stay on thery side. we're looking at showers. this is a front to the north and we have a system down to the south that will come together over the weekend to give us a mu better chance of showers and thunderstorms. take a look at what we're talking about for the next cole of days. moving on through. tracking weekend rain. yes, we'll see weekend rain but not a washout. i cannot say this enough. not a washout. i would not cancel any plans.

i'd be red for rain just in case. rain chances right on into early next we'll talk much more about that and go over what type of impact this rain will hav on your weekend and see you back here in ten minutes. >> an uber iver is facing the possibility of 20 years behind bars after he was found glty of raeping an intoxicated victi in her vehicle. the driver took his passeng to a hotel in college park and raped her. our prince william county burrio chief tracee wilkins has more on this chilling case. >> reporter: this was literally the ride from hell that happed la october. what happened to this driver is enough to freak anybody out and co folks who use uber, especially if they have been. drinki let me show you the driver of the picture who was convicted

rlre in the prince george's county courthouse r this week. his name is westagne pierre. he's no longer working with ubs. as soon this incident was reported to uber they took hisu pioff their app. you're looking at video of what happened here. eo taken ecurity v from the hotel where he took the victim to the budget inn in college park.ou now, as mentioned, she was supposed to be taken from a d.c. restaurant to her home in fairfax county, and while he got close to fairfax county, according to prosecutors he turned off the fare and drove her to college park. they were able to ping him along the way and there's all this video as well. hear now from the state prosecutor. >> he's a dangerous sexual predator, and he should be in jail. his conduct was textbook sexual predator behav cr. ld not control his impulses and took her to the hotel room and on the surveillance tape it looked like you cou see him almost thinking out loud. took her body into the hotel room and came back outside to

close the door of the car. you could see him. he was very pensive andoving to decide what he was going to do next, and he went back into thatoo hotel and spent ten minutes in there with her during which time, of course,he sexual assault occurred. >> reporter: now it took a jury only two hours to cvict pierre. he is now being held in prince george's county jail. he faces up to 20 yearsor this conviction of second-degre rape, and the state's attorney is hoping to go above the him mores and give than 20 years. it's important to note that they did give him second-degreeat ra. what he was convicted of because of the fact that the victim wasic inted. again, all warnings for folks who use uber or any of the ride-sharing apps and are intoxicated. the state's attorney is saying it's important that no one leave an intoxicated person alone in ngy kind of ride-sha situation. uber did give us a comment a little while ago saying they were disgusted bype what hd here and also reinforcing that this guy was fired from the

company immediately after. reporting live, tracee wilkins. >> such a disturbing story. tracee, thank you. new at 4:00, s ick waves the reality tv world. an ex-boyfriend of aea housewife star found dead in trump tower. >> law enforcement sources telling or new york station that bethenny l'fran ex dennis shields died of an apparent overdose. according to the "new york post" he asked his assistant to administer narcan believing he was overdosing on prescription pills. nbc news has not confirmed this and police have not officially confirmed it was shields. an autopsy will determine the cause ofsheath. lds and frankel had an on again off againelionship. frankel has not released a statement yet. we have new video tohow you. a brazen would-be thief caught inpohe act. ce say it happened in the falls grove area of rockville on

both nature lane and j drive last month. police hope someone recognizes this man. he's seen other wearing gloves and tries to break in, not one, but to you, but three attempts toak no homes all caught on camera and every attempt in the middle of the night. police areffering up to $10,000 as a reward for information leading to an arrest. happening tonight, seven lives will be remembered at a vigi near the florida branch apartments. you'll recall two years ago a deadly explosion and fire ripped through theomplex other in silver spring. two children were among the seven people killed. investigators say natural gas was built up in a room whe crews discovered a distext pipe. organizers of tonight's vigil want to highlight the fight for better living conditions at the apartments. the vigils begin at 7:30 in the parking lot across from the complex. let's turn now to some breaking news from our live desk, from

the redskins, and it won't make a lot of fans this was a fan favorite, erika gonzalez. >> tabsolutely. season is over. it's really, really tough news for washington redskins fans. washington's star running back is out for the season. an mri shows derrius guice onffered a torn nacl last night's preseas opener against the patriots. this is a 180 from geiss initially told reporters. he felt good and downplayed the severity of the injury talking to the media.ho trainers tht he suffered a sprained mcl, but further testing revealed the torn acl. it's a disappointing development, to say the lea a, fo rookie who was expected to or great things this year. we'll gather reaction from the redskins and have that coming up. >> such a disappointment. >> oh, yeah. ew erika, thanks. >> coming up on "n4 at extortion. r >> a new twist to an e-mail scam. erika has the warning for you

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well, it won't be a washout

t expect scattered showers over the weekend. some areas may even see some flooding to start next week, and some good news tonight about the humidity doug kammeres back in just three minutes with your forecast. there is a new scam out there claiming telreveal the ons in your closet if you don't pay up. we're working for you tod n with what yd to know so you don't fall for this trick. erika gonzalez joins us now in the newsroom. who is at risk here, erika? >> the fbi sayss could happen to just about anybody but they have noticed a lot of repos coming from wealthy neighborhoods. it starts as a letter. snail mail or mail, and in it it claims somebody knows your deep dark secrets, something that could embarrass you or ruin your marriage even i if ever got out. but it will be kept under wraps if you cough up o thousan dollars in bitcoin. special agent matthew disarno says the letters include

step-by-step details on how t t mahat kind of transaction, breaking with what a lot of scams used to do. >> so where in the pas financial scams, blackmail schemes, extortion schemes utilized wire transfers or other types of funds trsfers, now we're seeing a significant rise in the use of crypto currenc to facilitate financial scams. >> so you hear that, and you go i would never fall for something like tvet and you read a letter and say look at all these typos. >> righ p >> and thison says they are from another country. >> sure. >> these letters don't look anything l,e th and the other thing on top of that they start to include personal information like your you'll user name or password to an account that maybe in a data breach wound up on the web and they found and then they put it in a letter and mak you kind of second guess yourself. >> enough to reel y>> in. ow long has this been going on? >> the fbi says that probably for last six months in fact they

have been seeing this again and again and again. >> get the word the more people know about this, the first i've ever heard about it. >> and it can cost these letters, they want anywhere from $5,000 to $25,000. 't fallly hope people d for this. more about this coming up at 5:00. >> pat, back to you. >> wow, thank you. consider this a final warning. delays on for big the rails. metro is set to begin more track work with a big impact for riders, and it all starts tomorrow. "first at 4:00's" traffic has more with what you need to know. >> reporter: talking about major work and really slowing things wn quite a bit. the silver and orange line, this weekend no tras between foggy bottom and federal triangle. starting on monday we'll be single tracking during the week.

where all trains areunning on orange and silver line. they are running every 20 minutes through the end of the month pretty much, august 26th also through the 26th blue line service between francona and arlington a no service in d.c. or maryland. extra service on the yellow line. trains from franconia running every 16 minutes and track work on the red line. no service between ft. totten and noma through labor day. >> all righty. tell us about the weather out there right now and what's happening. >> i'm going to say this a million times on television. this is not a washout of a weekend. do not cancel your plans b we eel see rain. it's a matter of who gets what andso where. locations could see heavy rainll, and as i mentioned don't cancel your plans, not talkingbout a washout. >> that's twice so i've got a million left to go. we're dealing wity h

conditions and temperatures around 89 degrees. warm and humid se with winds out of the west at so miles per hour. 82 winchester and 88 in frederick and 90 towards easton and huntingtown, and we did hit 90 a little earlier today. temperatures won't be a big evening. is evening is perfect if you're going out to dinner or out and about in the city, have some friends coming p over. afect evening no. rain right now. we've seen a couple of showerst towards sn maryland and up around hagerstown. i told you yesterday just an isolated shower. most of us staying on the dry side. however, look just to our north, and you notice this up here. >> lookt the clouds andhe rain. that's a cold front trying to make its way down and then we've got a to our south. a little bit of spin in them s s atmosphere. that will try to come through overnight and into the day on our saturday. haat's why we h tad tlet'snc time it out for you, 8 a.m. i think we'rery. we could see showers during the morning hours. this may be a little underdone and then as we move on through

the afternoon. no big deal and here's a scattering of showers a thunderstorms during the late afternoon and right on into tomorrow evening. now we could see rain at any time on your saturday. most of the day will be dry, but we will see some heavier downpours in places and will see a rble of thunder or two, especially during the afternoon and keep umbrella handy. make sure you're ready for t.download the nbc washington app. check the radar yourself on your phone. b sunday a littl of a different story. starting off on the dry side and with daytime heating notice area wide scatter thunderstorms and a little more widespread so we think we'll have more chances forcel any place, a lot of fairs, prince george's county fair and i'd be ready to go if we're seeing rain. 86 degrees, warm and humid. periods of rain. not rain all day though.

not rain all days. not a complete washout,e we'll ain chances on monday and tuesday, and because we've seen so much raint the p month or so we could see isolated areas oflooding. remember, turn around, don't drown. temperatures mid to upper 80san next week on the warm side again. back around 90 next thursday and guys, what's the key to this forecast? not a washout. >> almost a million to go. i was going turn around and don't drown. a >> that wouo be a key. >> not a washout. >> not a washout. >> thanks, doug >> thanks, doug. still to come on "news 4 at 4:00,". >> is your idea of a great night sitting on the sofa checking e-mails? why this could be hurting your relationship. >> and spike lee says why his new film out thi weekend includes footage from the

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you're considering adopting you find just the perfect pet. >> it's easy toe do. news 4's sheena par convenient explains how you can find the right fit for yr family. >> well, we're getting closer to clear the shelters and our big nationwide pet adoption event and we're almost a week away. thanks so much for being here. now onee main questions i have is depending on what type of person you are, if you'rerl el or if you have children, what type of animal should you be apting or what are you compatible with? i think it's important to consider the energy level and the activity you do in your o life so fewer elderly and sedentary maybe you need an animal that doesn't require as much exercise. with children consider an animal that can be comfortable with all e energy and activity in the home and who maybe is more tolerant of rack bountygatous activity. we'll guide you to the animal

that fits your home and lifestyle. >> you guys are good about it. animals which has been proven are greator your mental health and they help you live longer. >> theyeay help you with stress. everyone in my life who i knowm has a it's a true benefit to their lives and gives them a oason to kind of come home at the endthe day and excited to be here. >> completely agree. don't forget. clear the shelters is next saturday, august the 18th. find out more in the nbc washington ap >> of course they can also add stress when my dog woke me u this morning and pete is great. >> that was a great start to my friday, pat. >> i digress. >> checking that e-mail at home may actually be bad for your health. a new study by virginia tech, a professor there, found that employees expected to check their e-mail at home and actually have morenxty. that can lead to problems both at work and at home. you can also lead to stress which can cause strain and conflict and family relationships, and get this, you

don't need to checkhycally the e-mail to experience these harmful effects. just the expectation that you should be available could cause increased state, and in the newe bu we're always available in they're, right? >> yes. i wonder if that's true for your cell phone, too. >> yeah. >> we're on call. >> unless you lose it. >> yeah. >> a state of emergcy has been declared in charlottesville this weekend. there's no protests planned there for the one-year anversary of last ar's violence but there's growing concern that clashes could break out. >> and improvements are coming r youravel routine. the scanners of the future are being tested out at one airport in our area. you're watching "news 4 at 4:00." >> during theumrs your kids like to sleep in and once school starts it's tough to drag them

i'm erikat gonzalez here the live desk. confirmation hearings have been set for brett kavanaugh. it will happen the first weekf september. late word coming from senate

judiciary committee. the confirmation could mean a chanan in the bal of power for decades to come. we'll continue to monitor this for you. back over to you, jim. >> as this area gets ready for a white sremacist rally in d.c. the city of charlottesville has set to mark one year since those deadly clashes there. >> as gnbc's jayy reports, the city has not issued any protest permits but still expecting crowds to gathes weekend. >> a year after the violence. >> it's a painful reminder for everybody here. >> reporter: there is an uneasy tension here. >> we've been through a lot in charlottesville. >> the memorie and messages are everywhere. 32-year-old heather haierun down and killedin d a white nationalist counterprotest

rally. a remembrance service will be held this we pend. >> i'l flowers on the street at the time that she was killed and i'm going to keep t continuing wit work as i see fit, you know, to move racial justice forward, justice q community. >> reporter: streets have been locked down and protectively a state of emergency is in place. a thousand officers including 700 state troopers on the ground with the national guard on stan ny. >> we wi tolerate any forms of violence in the community. nc a communityagain on edge. jay gray, nbc news. right now faith leaders and ected officials fromcross our region are gathering for a vigil ahead of sunday's whi supremacist rally. they are holding a teach-in to examine ways to against hate and extremist groups. he event takes place at

washington hebrew congregation onccomb street in northwestwa ington. it lasts until 6:00. again, we are preparing for a busy wnd here in washington with the unite the right rally , plan and there are also many counterprotests. we have a full list of events scheduled and road closures i the nbc washington app. search road closures. >> spike lee's much-anticipated new movie "black clansman" open today. >> i'm going to get you your membership card so you can go to the cross burning and get in deeper with these guys. >> it's the true story of a black police officer back in the '70s who infiltrated the ku klux klan with the help of his white partner. spike lee timed the release to take place one year after the deadly charlottesville violence. lee says he wants movie-goers to understand history repeats itself. the movie connects the dots between racial violence in the past and the resurgence of the

white supremacy movement today. right now there is a new effort t get young african-american kids interested in the sciences. >> is called the building waconda campng held at national collegiate prep here in the district. the name of the camp comes from the fictional african country o waconda made famous by the movib ck panther." this camp teaches students in grades five through eight about science, technology, engineerin architecture and more. >> they are able to see themselves as scientists and so that we contribute and have always contributed with our rican resources that we use here and in history, and we need to make shower that we carry that forward. >> by connecting students to the needs ofarheir counte on the african continent, educators hope to expste yous to the w possibilities for technological advancement. >> good proam. summer is winding down and kids will be back in school before we

know it. we're working for you to make sure students in our area have everything that they need to start the school year off white. whitman walker east of the fall festival is inwi full s donating hundreds of backpacks and school supplies. the festival goes until 7:00 tonight. tomorrow's date on the calendar is one way to remember who to call before decide to dig up your yard. >> washington gas wants y to dial 8 is11 two full weeks befo digging. each company affected will send a locator to mark the approx lateation of the nearby underground utility lines. so important to do that. >> oh, it is. there's nothing like a good bottle of wine, especially on a

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protection. there was a 98% success rate in the women tested during a trial run. ly>> the next time you you did expect a closer look at your carry-on bags, but the tsa is stressing that it's good news saying new machines will ld t shorter wait times. the newest scanning technology will be unveiled at dulles international. sew t 3-d ct scanners are machinehan your x-ray and will snap more than 1,000 pictures to create an image of your luggage. >> expect less bag checks ascause the officer looking at the image the capability of maneuvering that image in a 3-d manner and will take a look to see what he sees inside that bag. >> right now tsa is in the testing phase of these new not just d.c. getting the new machines. they will be in more than a dozen airportnd by the of the year. pretty cool and gets it through the lines quicker.

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well, it's not the first tell-all book of life behind the zones of president trump's white house. > but it may be the most explosive, at least up until now. am rosa newman is the former "apprentice" contestant who became a white house aide. her book about hime t in eth s claims in it. >> blayne alexander joins us now with details about a book that is make waves. >> you know, really up until her departure inecember of last year omarosa was one of the few african-americans who were serving in a majorth roll i

trump administration and served as a fierce defender time and time aga when people would question his relationship with the black community, and all that have said that puts her allegations in an even more interesting light claiming that president trump during hisays in "the apprentice" would repeatedly use the "n"or let me read one of her passages by the book. sources ine three three separate conversations had described the contents of this tape and told me president trump had not just a single "n" word bomb he said m ittiple times throughout the show's taping during off-camera off takes, particularly during the first season of "the apprentice." she saidld i w look like the biggest imbecile alive known for using that. omarosa supported president trump during the days in his a campai into the white house and really up until she left the you know, she says she left on her own accord and the white house says she was fired.

thatappened until last december and immediately after there, guys, she went on celebrity "big brother" and said the countryhould be worried about what was happening in the white house. taped anynow if she conversations with the president or has anything of him sayingy f these things? >> that's what she's claiming. she's saying tha did happen, but, of course, there's questions about the solidity of all of this saying that she had nothing but good things to say while she was i white house and now calling it lies and false accusations by a disgruntled former employee. >> and the white house to this? >> yeah, that's exactly what they are saying. we haven't heard fm president ump, but white house is saying it's just lies, calling her disgruntled and pointing outhe fact that she's trying to profit off her time in the white house. >> all right. blayne alexander. thanks, blayne. >> omarosa will be chuck todd's exclusive guest on "meet the press" this weekend.'s thn sunday morning at 10:30 here on nbc 4. well this weekend prepare to see shooting stars. the annual perseid meteor shower

is back, and we're told this year it could be especially dazzling. plan to look up to the sky nday night around 10:30 local time wherever you are. exrts say t shower is the strongest or second strongest of the year. the other takes place in december. >> how much of that are we going to seehere? >> that's the question. unfortunately, it looks like we've got a lot of cloud cover the next couple of days so that's not looking very good. if it was clear i'd have myhe ks out t looking at it because we could see upwards of one an hour or one a minute, 60 an hour which is pretty good. every once in a whileou get big ones in there, too, so, unfortunately, not going to be the best weather. >> okay. we'll have to see it online. >>eah. you know, a lot of places in the country it will be gorgeous out anothegeous shot last night gthere. and every night so far over the last couple of months. jupiter, look at this, guys. this is from news 4 our chopper 4 taking a look. this is jupiter last night. n one of the brighteste sky,

i believe the second brightest in the sky behind venus. sou've got venus and jupiter and saturn and m all in the night sky out there again tonight. you'll be able to see that again before the clouds move in here. that's a pretty goodou shot. there right now looking at some sunshine, not bad. et degrees. temperatures did to 90 a little bit earlier dropping to 83 degrees by 9:00. 11:00 about 78 so a really nice evening if you're going to be out having dinner with friends and looking pretty good f got the kids out back, no problem with that either. 990 in leesburg and 88 in manassas and no rain in the immediate area. we're tracking some storms th though just t north up around the hagerstown area. you can see this.is s a frontal boundary trying to drift our way. most of us,f nothe entire area, we'll stay dry through the evening hour and showerhictivity through the night overnight

and another system back to the west. this one will be make its way our way overnit, too, so that's why we have a chance of storms during the day tomorrow. a high os 86 where we're going. warm and still on the humid side because of the cloud cover out there. periods of rain but notall-day rain. we won't be seeing rain all day. you do need to make sure t pay attention. amelia, you and i have been talking about this. not a shout of a weekend, but we still need to be prepared for the rain or storm to come. >> because of that the weather is having a moderate impact on your weekend. heading to the montgomery county ngir, especially during the afternoon and eveours over the weekend. you want to be ready for rain. i would bring that small umbrella or at least pack the rain jacket or if you're hded to the pool. plan for the morning and midday hours. i think you're looking at chance for showers tomorrow morning and sunday morning is really looking dry right now and if you're heading to the beach there's a chance for some storms there, a day at the beach is always better than a day anywhere temperatures at the beach this weekend in the low 80s.

so as doug sai and we can't stress this enough, the weekend is not looking like a washout. we'll have some scattered showers and some thunderstorms at times, but that's not going to have any impact on the humidity levels, and should you be cancelling you outdoor plans, i would say no unless you have an event that would deal with any rain a all. i wouldn't go ahead and cancel the plans. say you're having people over for the back-yard barbecue, but any storms i laterthe day saturday and sunday could have heavy rainfall and because of all the rain we've had isolated flooding could be an issue over the weekend h e outdoor concerts, most of them on saturday. mary chapin carpenter and keith urban and fish and both days at merriweather. you might getnd lucky did not deal with any thunderstorms. >> mary did y say chappin?

it's chapin? >> jim is going. out there right now apparently they are close friends. 86 on saturday and sunday. same deal monday and tuesday a chance of rain. once again any storms cou have locally heavy downpours as we make it next week temperatures make it close to 90 on thursday and friday. >> punting on football. >> why a local high school decides to drop its varsi football team. a winning program for years until now. >> a cell phone salesman with an offer too good to be true. a local businessman left with jor bill. the news 4 consumer team reonds at 5:00. sp you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacksts. sp ...and mom also back-to-school bag? that's yes for less.

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>> reporter: the parkview football team was onretty big deal in bounty. powerhouse. it was back then. >> reporter: lauriean sheeh remembers big nfl stars like jeff loerman and alan pinkett. >> first down, touchdown. >> reporter: used to play here at paview, but those days are over, at least for now. >> parkview has had trouble on the footbal l field forast few years. they have not been successful. they were 0-10ar last >> reporter: a spokesperson for loudoun county public schools says they are eliminating the varsity program because there isn't enough interest in the sport. 18 students came out for the team and 9 never even playe before, so this year parkview will only have a jv heam. >> it came down to us is not what caused this but what the situation is this now and the situation rightotow is n safe. this is an extremely competitive area in football. >> i was pretty upset. >> reporter: parents like cindy kelly were upset because her sor played vty last year, but she and manyen other parts

realize that football just isn't as popular as it used toids to safe when they compete against other schools. >> i think it's the best decisionor them, for the safety of the kids. >> the school says they will still have friday night lights with the jv am, but students and fans will have to wait a f parkviewrs before football is back to where it once was. >> because they are going to try and build a winning program. they are trying to get kids experience. >> reporter: reporting in loudoun county,eagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> jim and wendy, seniors aren't allowed to play on the jv team so they have been given the opportunity to play for dominion high school this season, and they won't b penalized. >> that's good. >> you've got to wonder if other schools will follow. >> with the whole concussion , i e and the danger of th mean, is it worth it? a lot of them are saying it's not.. a lot of conce >> interesting, yeah. >> thanks, >> thank you guys.

>> here's a look at what we're working on for 5:00. now at 5:00, ride share rape. new video shows ara man an unconscious woman out of his car in maryland. >> one year later markings of a painful past in charlottesville. >> last year was terrifying, really truly terrifying. >> we visit the quaint as the community rebound from last year's violence. >> white supremacists set to march on tshington. >>ake you through the security measures. >> and we talk to mayor bowser about her plans to be elsewhe 5. "news 4 0" starts now. >> let's get you caught up n wi th security details just ahead of this weekend's white supremac>>t rally. hat's right. we have a team of reporters here in the distribute and in charlottesville where last year's rally turne violent. let's begin with mark segraves who has breaking new information about that security. mark, what are you hearing? got off the, just phone with a park service spokesperson who tells me the

plaza, the old pennsylvania avenue which is now a pedestrian plaza in front of the white house and the sidewalks around the white house will be closed to p theublic completely sunday from 10:00 a.m. until sock p.m., and they are doing this so that this area can be a staging area for police and other first reonders like medics, so, again, the plaza in front of the white house and the sidewalks in front. white house on sunday will all be csed to the public. this is the type of scene police in d.c. v andginia are working to avoid. white supremacists clashing with counterprotesters in charlottesville one year ago. a clash that turned deadly. yesterday d.c. mayor muriel riefed along with police reporters on security plans for bowser won't but be here. she's going forward with a long planned trip to e salvador. bowser was asked today who will be in charge while she's gone if the protests turn