y2x54y y16fy news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news -- that breaking news, university of maryland head foball coach placed on leave. good evening. the moveomes after an explosive report about alleged abuse in the football program, and the death of a football player. dave johnson is following this breaking story from the live deskin >> reporter:ed. you mentioned, fallout from the report that the clege football culture at the university of maryland, toxic coming as maryland reviews the circumstances around the death 19-year-old offensive lineman jordan mcnair. died of heat stroke june 13th after going through a team workout. this developing late in the afternoon. david evans plang h on

leave. in a statement, extremely oncerned about allegations of unacceptable behavior by members of the football staff. due to recent media reports committed to fully investigated the program and safety of student athletes. alleged behaviors not consistent with the values he expects from the staff to adhere to and says that maryland must do better. ccording to espn, athletic trainer's wes robinson and steve n norwell on leave as well and matt canada will serve as interim coachf the maryland terrapins just starting preseason practice and have to ge to theottom of the circumstances around the death and the head coach of maryland placed on leave. more coming up in sports a breaking story coming in minutes ago. meanwhile, pushing gears, charlottesville, virginia, on lockdown. ds of police officers on patrol making their presence

seen and felt as charlottesville remembers the day that violence and hate visited their city one year ago today. earlier a today small group silently marched through the streets. police making two arrests for trespassing and disorderly conduct but things are peaceful. hundreds of torch-wielding white supremacistsncluding skinheads, neo-nazis and kkk members marching through campus the night before a man plowed into a side roy killing heather heyer. ♪ oh, yes it will >> toes uva hosted aomt of reflection. >> i felt compelled and still do to stand as an a ally with those attacked, who still suffer andr all who y for a better and more just future. >> this evening students and

activists plan to hold a rally for justice on campus. officia from aroun the region have been preparing for tomorrow's unite the right rally for a long time. d.c. police say judging fro the perm applications they expect many more counterprotestors than white supremacists. live at lafayette square, will all eyes will focus this time tomorrow. >> reporte t right,s time tomorrow the rally is expected to be in full swing. are watching and waiting to see what exactly is going to happen. homany people will turn out, and will there be violence? today is a day for preparation for those who are going to attend the rally. thousands of people expected to be counterdemonstrators and, of course, police whose job it is to keep everyone safe on alls sides of t issue. counterdemonstrators will have a rally right here f atedom plaza tomorrow. you can see very quiet today. th they're going to head to lafayette square and hold

demonstrations. today a group called oupy fayette park was here outside the white house making signs and speaking to people about their cause. they say they want to reject hate and encourage peopl to come out tomorrow in opposition to united the right. >> it's vital. absolutely vital that people me out and show that we are against nazis, white supremacists racist and je geno opposition. >> the organizer of thete u the right rally put out an e-mail telling people if you're planning to attd the rally you must agree not to bring any apons and not engage in any violence and says you must not bring racist baggage to the rally. we're waiting to see what exactly will happen tomorrow. back to yo >> darcy spencer live outside the white house.

traffic slowing a different scgee tomorrow. the latest information about the rally on the nbc app, search road closures. ahead, we'll show you how churches mere the protest are preparing for tomorrow's demonstration. rc> this stolen coml plane circling the sky near seattle te yesterday evening. for morene than how traffic controllers tried to get the pilot poland and then scrambled two f-15 pilots to chase down the plane. dramatic images and the pilot who refused to cooperate. >> reporter: friday night in the skies above seattle a sight that stopped people in their tracks. >> tt is n a drone. that is a real plane. >> reporter: a horizon airles turboprop airplane flying aimlessly over the region performing stunts flaed by t military fighter jets. >> alaska airlines, [ bleep ] are you doing over here?

>> reporter: a 29-year-old airline groun service agent stole the empty 76-seat plane, somehow got it in the air and i fl around more than an hour. air traffic controllers trying in vain to convince him to land. >> justg fly around and -- he just needs help controlling his aircraft. >> i don't need thach. i've been playing video games before. >> reporter: at times suicidal jokes. >> think about landing this, give me a job as a rlot? orter: at other times reflective seeming to regret what he had done. >> i got a l of people that care about me, and -- it's going to disappoint themhe t that i did this. >> reporter: as jets tried to steer the unlikely pot away he from the city crashed the plane into a small island in puget sound. fire and smoke visible for mimes

aground and it is believed nobody on the ground was hurt. he worked for the airline about three years and investigators are looking for clues he was planning to do this and to prevent other airline workers from doing the same thing. ris pallone, nbc news. all right. we are dealing with hot and humid weather now. chiefst meteorolo doug kammerer, tracking this and eighth straight day of 90-degree weather. confusing. look outside. sunny one minute -- storms fire off the next. >> what we're dealingw. with storms in parts of the area. most of us continue to be on the dry side.ot seen a of sunshine, temperatures hit 90 again today. longesttretch of 90s seen all year. take a look. you can see onur camera the storms just off towards the east. new york, philadelphia, they got hit very hard today, but we have been spared again across our region. look where the storms are now. showers and thunderstorms along the i-95 corridor. heaviest in towards the

baltimore area north of annapolis. see this here. rile along route 50 towards philly, tracking heavy rain for you. what's in store for tomorrow and parts of the area under a flash flood watc h.

an update in the traffic shooting ofwo girls in fairfax county. second daughter allegedly shot

by her mother has died. veronica youngblooded with shooting both girls inside their apartment in mclean last week. youngblood's-o 5-year daughter brooklynn died at the scene. fairfax county police say her older daughter sharon castro died early this morning. castroas a freshman cheerleader last year. aor lengthy d proceeding with her husband, at one point he got a protective order against>>her. switching gears. parents in the area experiencing empty nest sis droyndrome as skd back to school, and incominghm fres moved into dorms today. loading up bins of clothes, toiletrity, facul and alumni welcomed them into their >residence. e continue to follow our top story tonight. maryland football coach placed

on leave. tmr sportsent working so urces, late-breaking details ahead. >> reporter: this church across the street from lafayette park pretty much ground zero at sunday's protests and also open. as are other >>

concern tomorrow for

worshippers headed to church in the district. hundreds will pass through tight security ahead of the unite the right rally across from the white house. hate is not stopping those celebrating compassion and unity. >> it's the last stop -- >> reporter: lafayette park always a tourist attraction and in a few hours grounds for controversy. there are other regular sunday events going on. just ac the street, st. john's church, where president and rular parishioners come to pray. >> a history of being open during conferenceations to lift upne ever >> reporter: since planned in a secure area could be a challenge getting there. >> confronted by hate speech, confronted by street closures. searches for are you carrying weapons org? someth >> reporter: in fact, churches around the bottom area not only open but reaching out.

like western presbytian church. the church holding its own vigil on the eve of sunday's march. >> counter a culture of hate ani bring out wha better of the city. >> reporter: and circulating a card meant for the mother o heather heyer. the woman killed during last year's march in charlottesville. a while back, praised at the pump for lower grass prices and now is hoping for special prayers in the ypews. >> teed to be praying for safety. for peace in the streets. >> that's the goal. that we be safe. that we be open and call on a better america, frankly. >> reporter: reporting for news 4. and the d.c. mayor won't be in the city f the rally. she is on a previously planned tr re mission toresent immigrants living in the district.

this afternoon the mayor gave bowser the key to the city. news 4 has special coverage o the mayor's trip and we'll have a report starting tonight at 11:00. the only local reporter with the mayor. all right. back to the breaking news we had top of this hour. the university of maryland head football coach d.j. durkin has been put on paid administrative leave. this comes following a report by espn claiming widespread verbal abuse by football coaches towards players. this report follows the death of 19-year-old terrapins offensive lineman jordan mcnair who died after practice in june. according to the foundation, he died of heat stroke. yesterday the school put several members of i athletic department on administrative leave. maryland's governor responded saying in part, "we must have complete confidence that our

studentable leetes a athletes a with respect. helping kids get ready to get back to school. new book bags willed with school supplies and dental exams. getting started on the right foot. >> looking fresh. >> yes. >> two big things. shoes and haircut. >> yeah. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is joinings. making it clear yesterday that -- it was right. said numeroustimes, this weekend wasn't going to be a washout but we've seen lots of rain today. >> parts of the area. i went to the montgomery count fairarlier. no problems. plenty of sunshine and needed ns een earlier. so far the fair hasn't seen any rain at a. othe areas, see them off to the east. thick, dark clouds and rain right now coming down fairly

heavily into places like prince george county. 83 degrees after a high of 90. eight daysow in a in the 90s. longest stretch this year. a little heat we f sure. heat index into the low 90s. 76s s ins i martinsville. we have shower activity towards e ridge. all to the north and east. look at this around the baltore area, around annapolis. severe thunderstorm warnings over the bridge traveling in towards the chestertown area, delaware county.sh ers activity for us. bowie has seen rain, heads up there. zoom into this area. you can see what i'm talking about. this area has seen a lot of rain over the past hour and a half. could see standing water inpl

es. give yourself extra time. the one area we're seeing rain, ovre. some heavily, all moving out. new york and philadelphia have been crushed today. both cities having flash flood warnings throughout muchf the afternoon. for us, not much in the way of rain. sunshine early. showers and thunderstorms developed and petered out bep still have a chance for more showers and thunderstorms tonight. because of that, national weather service has us all on a flash flood wash until about 2:00 a.m. not so concerned but we'll watch it for you. the system not moving much. another system diving south helping to give showers and thunderstorm chances tomorrow. tonight, rain chances through 8:00. aouple showers and storms down to the south. not much going on. through 11:00, most ohe dry side. tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow morning starting off dry for the most part. more cloud cover tomorrow. hink we'll see more clouds. less sun than today. showers and thunderstorms building during and everybody getting in on the

action at some point during the day today. about 60% chance you'll see rain in the area. 86 degrees. notda al rain. showers and thunderstorms. a few rumbles of thunder. one or two on the strong side. montgomery county fair, yeah. do it. be ready for rainfall. not the best pool day. yardwork, do it early. and towards the middle of next week heat returns. back into the 90s next wednesday, thursday and close to 90 on friday. another system moves in. that gives more chances tyactiv into the weekend. flash flood warningntil 1:00. not too concerned but we'll keep our eye o >> by the time summer is done, will we have broken >> already have. july, second hottest ever. and redskins guice misses kne tire season with a torn

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sportsdesk. review, reaction, response. first response. maryland head football coach d.j. durkin placed on leave. following negate reaction to an espn report that called the

football culture in college park toxic. most important to review comes os the school is looking i the circumstances surrounding the death of 19-year-old jordan mcnair in june from heat stroke two weeks after taking part in a team workout. in a statement the athletic director said we will be hearing from him as these are his rds, our work continues to rebuild the culture of respect in the footll ogram. that from david evans. offensive coordinator matt canada named ierim coach of the university of marynd. redskins. notlaying against the patriots, thankfully considering the juries. out two, three weeks with a knee injury. trey quinn cleared. losing derrius guice with a tn acl left knee. missel be energy he brought to the field. >> i'm behonest. myirst time ever shedding tearing for a player. so, like --

our group, we, we've comeo close to each other in such a short period of time, and i guess because i'm now the older guy in the room it hurts even more. beca feel like that's my little brother. >> heartbreaking. heartbreaking. i mean, not only f the team, because that was a major that we had planned on, you know, contributing to winning ga mes, and to have somebod who was so happy and enjoyed the game of football as much a he does. you know, it really kind of -- it's a gut ow. >> a focal point of skins camp so far, i would y. wondering how many guys this guy will rush for? should i draft him on my fantasy teams, things like that. people were rea excited for him. i was real excited for him personally as well. a real bummer to see him go down. >> all right. you know, washington and baltimore not far apart on an app or when you check the

weather, in baseball, n only far apart, close, but in different leagues and different wo here in d.c., anxiety about the enough.s, not winning quest for the postseason. in baltimore, the teamm eliminated f the division race last night. earliermi elinated since play began in 1969. a nod for game one of the orioles doubleheader with the red sox, scoreless until the fifth inng. nunez hooks one inside the powell pole in left field. two-run homer. red sox, 2-0 lead. same score, same inning, jackie bradley jr. gets --nt geep right field. solo homer op do the ma. 3-0, orioles down. and top of the fourth. get the point. scoring 12 runs last night orioles shut out byed sox 5-0. and nationals with the cubs. wrigley field. good place to play.

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