one of the hardest hit areas, college park, maryland. >> chopper 4 gave us a l the damage taking down trees and crashing power lines and blocking road good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> it's 5:00 a.m. we'll have more on the damage in a few minutes. a look at your forast for today. >> melissa mollet is standing bi th a check on your commute but first to our meteorologists. what too we expect today. what do we expect today? >> it will be different totay. a of people doing cleanup. >> veryty g wind gusts over 40 miles an hour at bwi0 and miles an hour at the national airport. a lot of wind energy yesterday, lower storm coverage tod. this patch of cooler air aloft

tries to rotate. keep your umbrella ready. you want to have it ready if you live or cross northern maryland. look at this winchester, virginia down to 59. 57 in prince george's county, a nice day to be ouide, especially the first half. good day to be at the pool if you still haver sum vacation. more about the return of the 90 degree weather coming up in a few more minutes. good morning, how are you? >> thanks for asking. hope you're doing well. two right lanes blocked by a crash. this just happened here and we're seeing redn the screen. we'll keep an eye on this one in theext couple minutes. fire department activityhere.

falls church westbound i-66. right side blocked by a downed tree. 95 in virginia looking okay cept for this road work hanging around southbound. pre on thatblem with the beltway coming up. >>nk tyou. cleanup will continueay t in prince george's county where a storm caused a lot of damage. >> one person in college parkt said felt like a tornado hit. justin is in college park with more on the damage there. just.ep >> rter: good morning. in a neighborhood off rhode island avenue. you will see a very large tree has come dowhere and evenn taken dow wires luckily sparing homes caught in the midere h this is one of several downed trees we saw yesterday. chopper4 got a good look at t treet graced homes and vehicles damages as well.

prince george's county fire department saying power lines were pulled down treesnd branches pulling lines down. neighbors tell us this was a ferocious weather system that moved in rather quickly but settled for some time. they say weot have felt a tather system like that in years. last time i saw something like this was when the tornado weough beltsville back in early 2000>>s. eporter: as you mentioned right now, the cleanup under way, just up thehill, a crew working on lines. the cherry picker was working on lines overhead. good news is power out is coming online slowly for customers in this area. luckily as we, no injuries reported in the weather system that caused so much damage just urs ago. live in college park, justin finch, news4, back t you. >> thank you. coming up on 5:n, we t

to a developing story in falls church, virginia. a toddler is dead after famg from a balcony of an apartment building. >> this isn't the first time at has happened at that apartment building? >> reporter: it is the second time. in a matter of four months, the third time in a matter of four years. a lot of neighborsre telling us, this could have been prevented. take a look. this is what itke loo like yesterday afternoon as fairfax county police responded to the skylineowers. they got a report a toddler had fallen out of a 24 floor balcony, they think may have come out of the window citially. you see the first responders ild, ito revive the was just too late. we mentioned, this has happenedi before, bac may, a 3-year-old boy died after he

fell through the screen of an open bedroom window years ago, a 3-year-old girl fell from theco bny and she survived. there are problems with the window and the balconies. >> i don't think it's good eough. if you about 4 feet, i can come over, yeah, kids are going through the balcony. i guess there's about a 4 inch gap. >> reporter: here's what you cao o stay safe. if it's more than 4 inches, you want to cover the rungs with plexiglas orwhire. it comes to windows, don't rely on screens. they're designed to keep bugs out, not children. try to install some approve window stops. if you have the type of window that c f openm the top and bottom, open i from the top

pane to give kids more safety. never ever push furniture right up against a window. we'll stay on top of this story. news4. >> good advice, chris. outrage from a's prince georounty woman who was set on fire while she was pregnant. andrea can't believe a judge is letting the man accused of that cre out of jail. >> i don't understand how the judge would even consider giving him a second chance. hoe doesn't deserve it. he tried to take my life and my life.er's >>la quinn phillips will be released with an ankle monitor until the murder trial. it happened last november. she received burns over 70% of her body and deliver her baby he was set to go to trial early this week but now delayed until

december. a graduate killed in d.c., matthew w shlonsky killed by two groups of men in 2016. they were sentenced today and will a spendt least 12 years in prin. one of shlonsky's cousins says the entire family istill dealing with his loss. >> the loss of him and destation to the family is worse than any loss i've had in my entire life. >> only one of the shooters apologized to shlonsky's family in court. a car has crashed into the barrier of the british houses of parliament. >> they're working to s what happened in westminster. we want to take you live to the scene, metropolitan police saying two people were treted, expected to be okay. this happened almost three hours

ago, around 7:30s morning their time. as you can imagine, on a tuesday amorning, very busy time. a lot of people headed to work, a lo of tourists over the ermmer months, headed to sightsee, a popular area. police say a driver, a man was arrested athe scene. the city's terrorism command is working on it and we will update you with more information across the pond. back to you a developing story about the queen of soul, aretha franklin. this morning, there are reports theegendary singer is in hospice care, speaking with members of her family who say she is gravely ill. she canceled performances in march and april after her management team said she was ordered by her doctor to rest. we will continue t follow her condition and bring you the very latest on news for today. new this morning, the five

suspects arrested on a mgm compound raidnre out o bond accused of abusing and starving 11 children. authorities say the childn were bei trained how to load and fire assault rifles. the judge determined the suspects were not a danger to the community. one of s thosepects is facing child abductionharges for his missing son. child's body was found on the property following the raid but that body has not yet been identified. just days after an airline employee stole and crashed a jet in seattl another man stole a small plane in utah and flew it into his own home on purpose. take a look at the damage to this house right here. police believe he intentionally crashed his home just a few hours after being arrested and released for a domestic incident with his wife. the plane belonged to a c upany d to work for. he was killed in the crash. wereife and the child inside the home at the time of the crash. they were able to escape.

today, a florida man accused of a deadly shooting for a parking spot will be in court it showsichael drakeca shoot and kill marquise mclaughlin outside a convenience store. heas not arrested because he claimed he acted in self-defense and stated the "stand your ground" law, however, he was charged with> anslaughter. ck young activists took to capitol hill to demandhange for gun laws. today, several staged adit-in argeted the top senators who received the most money from the nra. even though theenate was in session, the students believe their message was heard >> thion't be lost on us. we won'ttop until we see a change. the students plan to be back at the capit in november just before the midterm elections. this morning we will find

out whether paulfo ma's defense team plan to call witnesses. if they don't, closing arguments could come as early asy. to the prosecution rested yesterday. rihe is on tal for charges of bank fraud and tax fraud linked to his time as a consultant to a pro rusolitical party in ukraine. this morning, a top fbi agent at the center of a scandal involving damaging text messages about then presidential candidate donald trump is out of a job and asking for help to pay his legal k lls. peter sts fired for text messages to an fbi attorney with whom he was having anffr. stzok set up a gofundme page seeking $350,000. so far he's raised more than $200,000. president trump weighed in on twitter and wrote, peter stzok was just fired from the fbi

finally. google apps on your may be following your every move even if your location history is turned off. >> how to make sure they're not tracking you. boiling water caused confusion for thousands of families and what's going on even if it happens again. good tuesday morning. temperatures are actually prette comfortahen you walk outside. 70 degrees washington, many suburbs in about the mid 60s. a nicetart to your day. chuck has a look at showers. dott for "clear the shelters" is coming up this saturday, august 18th. corfect time to w a pet into your family. for more information check o the nbc

here's a live breaking with firefighters in new jersey battling this massive fire. take a look at the massive smoke in the plane. it's three alarm fire that began late last night in frenchtown at the new jersey line north of philly. it started after a tractor-trailer slammed into the building there. officials hatch not confirmed that report and also not confirmed whether anyone was hurt in this fire. we'll update you as we get more information. >> thank you. 5:16 rightneow. details on that boiled water advisory that caused confusion andrustration in parts of d.c. last month. >> lawmakers are now makingo changes make sure you're bettd informe if it happens again, a story you will only see on news4. d.c. water and homeland security met withhe director t figure out a better way to notify the

public. ththe advisory last mon was a precaution after offic tested the water after a valve was found open at a pumping station. the initial tests came out positive forri bac but then other tests found out there wasn't any. e website crashed after people the d on to find out about boil advisory. and they are thinking of adding another server to prevent >> this was caused by a late notice. it's imperative to get those vulnerable populations contacted right away with a confirmation, yes, now they know. >> to find out how to sign up informationntary sign up with the nbc app. the associated press finds google apps automatically store time-stamped location data. it does this even without getting your permission which

brings up privacy concerns. the only way to stopm google f following you may be to just turn your phone off. >> is that the only wayal ? >> seems a little extreme. >> probably healthy for all ofo us shut it off every once in a while, avoid the temptation of looking at it all the time. >> i have no protiem p it down but powering the whole thing off. >> chuckgnores my messages all the time. >> well -- >> let's talk about the weather. how about that? >> fair enough. >> it will be another relatively ni day toe outside if you're a biker, runner, dog walker, the fit part of t day today is actually looking rather nice. aittle warmer early on. probably stay below 90 degrees again, we had d eights 90 or higher in the month of august. 30 so far for the year. we do have more 90 degree days coming starting tomorrow. for today, this area of low pressure, much like yesterday. hado think i will lead to a

pretty highe for showers bulbling in the afternoon. here in central and south central pennsylvaida will it down low especially northern maryland. higher chances the farther north you live or travel on your tuesday. a dry start and most if not everybody should be dry through at least noontime today. by 2 or 3:00, temperatures in the mid to upper 80s, a couple of thunderstorms bubbling , not as much coverage as yesterday and n packing as much of a punch as yesterday. quite a bit of wind damage yesterday afternoon. temperature-wise,ts comfortable outside. if you haven't been outside, you will enjoy this. low to mid 60s in the western suburbs. high right around 87 degrees. p.m. showers likely again especially for our friends and

neighbors in northern maryland. rain chances today, 30-40%. doing backyard grilling, hit-or-miss, have your nbc washington app ready to go with a radarre fea back to 90s, wednesday, thursday and friday. friday looks very steamy and turning stormy by friday afternoon and evening but should be cooleror the weekend. now to melissa mollet and see how theng commute is g on. >> good morning. still a crash blocked and you can see the delay this morning. a look at silver spring, university near sligo creek parkway,till hanging around there and falls church after leesburg pike. right side is blocked by a downed tree. not seeing slowdowns. blue/yellow line service suspended for fran sonya and vandoorne, tai are requesting buses. this is a power problem. orange and silver line trains

run every 30 minutes. thank u. he's getting ready to go back to school and running forer gr. this teen isn't old enough to vote but on the ballot in tirmont. is ticking but soon ummer is over and school starting. i'm justin finch here with a professional

a lot of eyes today on

vermont ears primary election because this teen is running to be governor. this is 14-year-old sun born, running out of frustration for state and national politics. vermont does not have an age restriction as long as they have lived in the state for four years. no one thought a teenager would run. we're getting closer to school for some kids tha started ytiterday. >> g back in the school routine and normal way of doing things, justin finch has expert advice. >> the morning it's really hectic trying to get out the door. >> yeah. >> what are the routines to get out the door. the best thing is front load the night before.te >> rep she knows what she's talking about. she was a teacher and now a

professional organizer, mapping out your morning. >> to get theren time weave to leave at 6:30. >> reporter: it mostly means taking out the guessworknd making sure you're as ready as possible. >> if there's soccer practice after school, make sure the soccer bag has everything in it including water and ready g to opening up the backpack. if they bring their lunch, drop it back in e kitchen to get cleaned up. pulling out any home work. >> reporter: also keep a special folder for notice and permission slips a check it first each day. at's on those forms might need to make the calendar. reporter: why is this visual important? >> it is important so the whole family has a good view what is coming up. any cld can s what is on their schedule for the week if they know that's their color. >> keeng a calendar is a group effort that means regular checks and updates the whole family must track on the calendar and

smartphone y >> everythin put in there will help you to not forget betings and appointments and on calendar. >> best spot for your calendar, in youritchen or behind a main door. a mother nearly arrested, accused of shoplifting school supplies. it until you hear what this confusion was all about. wsheena. go through the day haday, it will be another warm one with ae for showers around. doesn't look like the weather we saw yesterday afternoon this morning you walk outside pretty comfortable. 70 degrees in washington, nice d dry for your tuesday. afternoon forecast coming up next. the shirt comes off. he's getting serious for the lightning bolt. >> plus, he narrowly missed makinghe t

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. right now at 5:29, another afternoon of storms left a lot to clean up this morning.

the latest round of wild weather sent trees into homes and cars in college park. >> we were not the only ones who have been soaked by storms. overnight we hrd from a bride in this now viral video showing her being rescued rom floods while still in her wedding gownt nterview in just a few minutes. first, to our local forecast and how much calmer the radar is compared to a few hours a yesterday. working for you this morning. >> chuckennd s are here to start things off before we start with melissa in your first 4 traffic. >> you will like it when i stepped out to let theogs out, this is actually very comfortable outside. no complaints for me. i didn't complain either. i think i noticed it walking in here this morning, a little bit of a breeze in the parking lot. not very humid, the hair was fine. >> temperatures below 70. >> yes. take a look at the maps.

we have temperatures below 60 for many suburbs. 61 in winchester. still wat this area of low pressure. you can see the spin with a lot of showers in pennsylvania moving from north to south and some of that will start to spill into areas northd.f , mainly as we go through the day today. as far as your cmute this morning, we are dry. o will be comfortable. sun glare the roads out there. by noon today, low0sstill looking dry. by 5:00 p.m., passing showers. we don't expect the thunderstorm activity we saw yesterday. we will have passing showers and temperatures around the mid to upper 80s. look at 90s in the forecast coming up. chuck is back in a few minutes. injuries on the metro. >> that's right. blue/yellow line, service suspended between fran sonya and ndoren street. that one section there they have

requested shuttle buses. a reminder, this is in addition to other thing happening. trains running every 30 minutes, tracking silver and at the smithsonian until they finish trackork in the next couple of weeks. on the blue line, service between franconia and arlington only until the 26th. that firsthu section is down right now. bethesda outer loopo rockville pipe. right lane still getting by. sounds like we will have one lane closed in the next couple of minutes. silver spring university near sligo creek parkway, activity there. we return to the mess left behind by the powerful storms in prince george's county last night. chopper4aptured some damage caused by wind, rain and hail. and near university avenue and college park is where we found

it hardest hit. look ats there for a the damage. what are you seeing? >> reporter: off of kennesaw street in college park, it will take some timeo fully bounce back after yesterday's storm. take a look. one of several downed trees blocking kennesawtreet and taking down wires. chopper4 flew over the damage and saw howxpansive it was. large treesd pullet of their roots collapsing onto homes and cars. neighbors came out to see the mage for themselves and others were left in the dark because several power lines brought down, crews working on those into the overnight hours. as for what caused all of this, it was the rather but neighbo say it was a sudden burst of weather that cause all this damage. >> there was a lot of rain.

eavy rain, then there was a hailstorm and probably five minutes after the hailstorm the trees came down. >> reporter: pretty scary stuff. already w have seen crews nd nong on the wires doubt will come here. we are seeing several wires pulled down as a result of this tree. you see those wires assumehey are live, don't touch them or go near them. a lot ofav carsg to back up and turn around as they make their way to work. a lot of streets look like this in this area. justin finch, clench park, news4. >> thank you. 5:34 now. for the second time in just months a child has fallen and died at an apartment building i falls church. police say ahild fell from a balcony photograph the 24th store of the skylineme apas. in may, a toddler fell from the 26thlo.

coming up more on how to keep your child safe. a man believed t be responsible for terrorizing women in d.c. and virginia is behind bars this morning and police say he couldhe be culprit behind severalther cases. since 2016 police have been th investigating incidents where a man would sneak up behind a woman and ex-himself and try -- and expose himself and try to grab them. >>obviously, this is somebody doing this for a long time. in addition to our detectives reviewing this, t we're asking public to come forward if they have any information about the activities of m campos so we can investigate them. >> in arlington,ampos is a suspect in at least nine oth cases. nbreakingews from west virginia now. all four of the state justices have been impeached. >>est virginia state lawmakers working well into the night and

proving a jaw-dropping article stating all four abused theirit auths including chief justice margaret workman, allen lowe robin davis and distribujustice walker. they were out of control with lavishf spending taxpayer dollars including more than $1 million inio renov to their individual offices. republican governor will be allowed to appoint new justices and do not need to be from the same party as the incumbent. >> thank you. it's 5:36. a local man who narrowly missed making team usa in the 2016 olympics now has a st at the finals on "american ninja warrior." gavin ross is a sprint canoeist from bethesda. de didn't finish the obstacle course but l in the top ten philadelphia finals and will make an appearance in the

national finals in las vegas on august 27th. just getting o through of those obstacles is a huge feet. you watchedhat show? >> it'sough stuff but he's clearly a tough guy. good luck to h. a woman nearly arrested while buying school supplies. moms wait until you hear why police thoughthe was guilty of shoplifting. join us this saturday on nbc4 "clear the shelte o." we're a mission to find homes for thousands of pets across the area. and having fun adopt

welcome back. it's 5:40. a north carolina mother is demanding an apology. she was accused of hiding merchandise under her. shirt >> turns out she is just pregnant. she is 34 weeksregnant with

twins. on friday she went to staples to buy school supplies for her son. a police officer asked her what was under her srt. she told him she was pregnant and even showed her belly. >> i wanted to hide in a blanket and just crawl under it and hide from the world. i felt show ashamed, so humiliated. >> she posted about the incident on social media which set off a viraleirestorm. th officers said the store manager asked him to confront her. staples fired the manager and released a statement apologizing. she wants staples to apologizel direo her. >> 5:41 right now. still ahead, ang wed day rescue. a bride saved from her stranded car while still i her gown. this morning, we're hearing about how this all>> happened. good morning, everybody. a 40% chance of more rain and thunderstorms today. primarily across northern maryland. it will be a warm one, too, 87

degrees, back into the 90s. a checkhe on 10-day forecast coming up. we'll talk about the roads. the yellow issue here. service suspended because of a power problem between

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you're watching news4 today. 24 stories up a toddler died at r falling from a balcony a high-rise apartment building in falls church. >> this isn't the first time it happened at the apartments. chris has more on this investigation. >> reporter: this is the second time a child has fallen here in the past four months. the third time in the last four year and now residents are telling us, this could have been prevented. take a look. this is the skyline tower apartments. police got the call, first responders tried to revivehe child but it was too late. a spokesman for equity apartments, the company that

owns this building put out at statemenay their thoughts and prayers are with the family. they're cooperating withhe investigation. just back in may, a 3-year-old boy fell through a screen window from 26 stories high and died. back in 2015, a 3-year-old girl fell from the fifth floor balcony to the third floor, she fortunately survived. residents have been worried about the balconies and windowsa listen tot one man did on his balco to try to keep his children safe. >> what i did was, i went to home dep and bought the chicken gates, if you have chicken in a farm or something, i put it all around the balcony. >> reporter: it's a good idea. the national safety couel says you should cover the wider rungs on the balcony with plexiglas, tarp, something to that nature. as for the windows j don't rely on the screens, they're designed

to keep bugs out, not children. if you can, install approved window stops. a couple more tips, don't ever put furniture right up against w wi if you have those kind of vertical windows you want to onlypen them from the top pane, not the bottom. live at fallschurch, chris lawrence, news4. >> thank you. 13efore theour right now. president trump's working ver.tion is he's back here in d.c. this morning. is arrival comes as a former aide tell-all book hits shelves today. >> in omarosa's boo she accuses the president of being racist and not mentally fit to ben office. she releases a couple of recordings from when she wasre of her conversation with chief of staff john kelley a hereaction to it. president trump hasired back calling her a low life, wacky and not smart.

nikki jois live astronomical good morning. >> hey, good morning. it almost sounds like a reality self, former allies turned enemies, omarosa on a media blitz yesterday talking to several news outlets talking aboutresident trump's unfitness for office and his mental state and calling it into question. she released tapes recorded in the white house betweennder a chief staff john kelley in the situation room. the president's currents all saying that's inappropriate, questioning whether or not it's illegal, really going after omarosa's credibility. one of her more explosive claims is there is a recording of the president during "the apprentice"here he uses the "n" word multiple times. she says she's heard that recording, he seems comfortable it and attacked his overall treatment of african-americnts. the presiays all of this is ridiculous. yesterday, he heard from mark burnet theroducer of "the apprentice" who says those tapes don't exist and a one point

omarosa called him a civil righhe champion until got fired. omarosa for her part says she believes the capes will be released and -- tapes will be released and thinks they will be released before the november election. >> nikki, live on capitol hill, than you. an arrest during the unite the d.c. police declared the operation a success saying there were no injuries or deaths. there was one injury in d.c. a charlottesville and assaults to three police officers marking the demonstration at the white nationalist rally. authorities say there were eight arrests including one person arrested twice. an historic agreement with el saldor is official. returning home to monitor sunday's rally. both the mayors hope it will

further develop cultural ties between both cities. part of the agreement forms a partnershipetween ita college and the school in columbia heights. >> more problems at our area's centet v.a. medical some veterans desperate for medical care find their biggest battle is getting to the front door. showing the unique and growing parking problems there. >> reporter: many of the 100,000 veterans who use the washington, d.c. v.a. medical center have physical. challenges n some struggle to walk and some to stand. some veterans are making long grueling walks just to get to the front door. parking at the center is limited as the center completes a someation to its garage remaining parking spots are so far away they're the length of 3 1/2 football fields or

o-door. army veteran here, pointer,his shows him getting there on his scooter? he has to fight through traffic, fight for a parking space and fight to get in there and g where he's going. i've walked those halls with him. theyye long. >> vlong. >> reporter: they are adding parking but the new garage they'reenovating isn't supposed to open until march. coming up tonight as part of ouw investigatio show you the challenges veterans with disalities face and nationwide and why it's so difficult and in some cases so time consuming to make the fix. for now, scott mcfarland, news4 iteam. ne this morning, video of a wedding day rescue. take a look. in the distance, see a newly married bride still in her weddin gown getting over fast moving flood waters.

listen to the bride talk aboutt tricky rescue. >> everything was soaking wet. i had to take my heels off and climb on top of the -- we had to climb t sough theroof on top of the car and into their vehicle. >> that's a l of maneuvering in a wedding gown. the police lights were her something blue, perhaps you could say, make the most of that situation. >> first of all, she had to have been mad at whoever was dring that car. how dare you on my wedding day take me on this s floodedeet we tell people all the time not to drive through. man, i'd be mad. besides being angry, it's dangerous. don't do i a we tell you the time not to do it. aide from all the rain we had lot of wind across the area. calm this morning.e things h really quieted down. we have damage cleanup happening today. 70 degrees in washington. very comfortable outside. look at our suburbs in the 60s.

rg, winchester, front royal. 65, 65, dulles, 67 degrees in clinton. here's a look at some storm reports from yesterday. these arere winrts. high winds across the area brought trees down and w unfortunatel will have to see some cleanup. the weather will cooperate mos of the day. if you are doing storm cleanup, low pres moving away. you still see the rain wrapping aroundsh it. ers moving north and south from pennsylvania and today we will see our chance of rain still in the forecast this afte boon. most wil north of the d.c./metro area but stillin pa showers. by noon today, 82 degrees, mix of sun and clouds and pretty decent day. by the afternoon we see increasing clouds looking farther north and chance for showers. here's the future weather showing, towards lunchtime the cloud covery mai north of d.c. and passing showers moving later

through this aftnoon and into tonight. it does not look like the type of weather we saw yesterday. not expecting strong thunderstorms around. thursday and friday, back in the 90s and next chance of rain, late friday and unfortunately part of your weekend. good morning, melissa>> good morning. first four traffic alert,ob ms on the roads. and service suspended betweenco fra and van dorn street, sounds like a power problem causing that issue. blocked top e lane of the roadway right there. georgetown pike near walker road, crash with overturned vehicle. will get eyes on that soon. i-95, debris reported in middle of the road and northbound 95 blocked by a crasfa s church, westbound i-66, partially blocked by a downed

tree. no majorqu problems. tico to the beltway northbound in virginia is a little slow this morning. 270 southbound, no issues, the top of the beltway, you can see the slowdown where chopper is headed. i-95 to i-270 outer loop will take you 25 minutes. a 3-1 pitch. walk it off! >> not again. for the second morning in a row we're waking up to another tough loss for the nats. last night, nats face the cardinals in st. louis. they trailed by two in theei th, came back in the ninth, then cards responded with a walk-off home run. final score, 7-6. sunday night, they lost on a grand sl in theottom of the night to the chicago cubs. walk-off loss there, a bummer for the nats. >> rougher couple of days.

> 5:56 now. in a few weeks all the kids in our brea will back in school. what better way to get ready for class tha a party. >> live in fairfax county, a group behind a party with a purpose. good morning. way to ease the kids back into the routine. >> reporter: look at all these young people ready forack to school party. we have school supplies here. a big part of back to school party this week in this community and other communitiesi is g a haircut so we can be ready nor school. we have hairslists ready to make these guys look even better than they do already including tony right here and this you man. coming up in the 6:00 hour,e willalk about the facets organization and why they're doing this inax others and fai county. we'll be back in the 6:00 hour of news4 today. >> also ahead on news4 today,

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for the second day in a row, strongtorms made a mess of neighborhoods across our region. one of the hardest hit areas, right here in gave us ola view the damage from, abo crushing

homes and cars and taking down power les and blocking roads. a whole lot of mess tolean up. good morning. >> it is 6:00 a.m. more on that damage. we will start off with a look at our fecast for today. k> melissa mollet is standing by with a l at your commute. we begin with chuck bell a sheena parveen. today?e we expecting >> it looks better today but feels better, still a shower chance but nothing like yesterday afternoon. >> way lower coverage and pefully less punch in the storms. those are pretty powerhouse storms yesterday afternoon, winds gusting over 50 miles an hour for some. this morning, a much quieter start. they're not rain-making clouds yet. there is a chance for rain today. a pool of cooler air aloft will rotate over the