right now, a possible break in a murder investigation and it's because of the victim of a different crime. >> i knew that was my car. i mlieve that car was used in this heinous act. >> hear from the woman who says her car was used in the death of a 10-year-old girl. plus, another sexbu scandal for the catholic church. 00 predator priests unmasked and d.c.'s highest church leader allegedly in the cover-up. taylor swift breaks her silence about her own sexual assault case. a look at her thank you to fans now going viral. i don't know what turn my life would have taken if people didn't believe me when i said

something had happened. 4:30 now. good morning everybody. i'maron gilchrist. good morning. i'm eun yang. we want to get to the live desk where angie goff has informaon on a fire that would impact your commute. angie, what's going on? right now as a clarksburg, word of a two alarm fire, a structure fire there. we are talking about a big structure, more than 30,000 square feet. we hear thatt is a warehouse. this is actually the 24,000 block of 355, frederick road. that is where we have a crew headed right now. at this point, we also know that firefighters on the scene are blocking the roadway and it's mpacting traffic early. for more ofthat, we want to go to melissa mollet. >> this first 4 traffic alert. clar burke, as angie is saying, a large structure fire means a large closurehere.

355 between old hundred. 109 and 121rk clasburg road, lanes blocked. oneane southbound, one lane northbound. when we'realking about that section, look how big that is. that's a fourile section of roadway. at this point that's what firefighters and police and investigators have shut down, that section of roadway. that closure could get smaller as the investigation kind of rolls on. butots of people who use 355,ve you to instead use 270. that means you might want to leave little earlier than normal. that's going to get bu. rockville, exit for montrose, the exit and ramp blocked by construction as you get on montrose road headed in the eastbound directn. no other major issues right now. a little bit of roadwork on the beltway but not slowing things. good morning, chuck. it looks pretty nice out there. >> comfy. open window weather again this morning for the ride into work. rrent temperatures in the 60s and low 70s.

68 at dulles aiort. 73 in washington. mid-60s in the shenandoah valley. low to mid-70s based on a muggy 77 in st. mary's county. your planner forecast f today, plenty of sunshine. comfortable, but it will be a wa one again. temperatures later on this afternoon, likely to get back into the s. 91 degrees our forecast for today. southwesterly breezes will bring the heahe and humidity around. so going to be feeling a lot more like smer around her today and tomorrow. more about the rain chances for ew weekend coming up in a more minutes. back to the news. chuck, thank you. it is 4:33 right now. we have n a possibl break in the case of the murder of this little thgirl. is makiyah wilson. she was killed outside d her. home last month as she walked outside to get ice cream. we've shown y the surveillance video of the gunman dozens of times. you see it hereagain. now we know that the black car you see here was stolen from a prince george's county woman two

weeks before the actual shooting. the victim sat down with us and broken thatd hea her car was used in such a heinous act. >> a child lost her lif in this. my daughter is the same age. how am i supposed to feel? a 10-year-old lost her life. why somebody can't speak u about that? if this was you or your family in this position, you would be irate. >> 20-year-old kevin eugene jones has been arrested for that carjacking. no one has been arrested for makiyah wilson's murder. new information about the death of a child who fell from a aslls church highrise. police say theren adult in the home with the 2-year-old. nhat person was caring for another child w the toddler fell from a balcony on the 24th this is the second child death at the skyline apartments onse nary road since may. a 3-year-old died when a window screen gave out. filed a d's family lawsuit claiming the apartment complex was negligent. >> i hone that no other childrea

ve to die before skyline towers does something to make its property safe. >> a spokesperson for s line tower says the complex is coopering with the investigation. li> we have an update now on a growing cat church scandal. cardinal donald worrell is accused of being involved in a systematic cover-up of sex abuse that lasd decades. the accusatio are among the findings of a pnsylvania grand ry report. he was the long time be -- some of the priests are among the 300 that a grand jury accused of sexually abusing children over decades. cardinal worsell is acd of approving the transfer of known offenders and hdreds of thousands of dollars in confidential settlements with the victims. a grand jury inre balti indicted a police officer after he was seen beating a man on video. we do want to warn you the video is graphic. this is the alleged incident

showing officer ar they are william repeatedly hitting a man onsaturday. he was suspended that day andsi reed on sunday. a few hours after the incident was announced, yesterday he turned himself in to police. he is facing assault andsc miduct charges. the other office is on administtive duty. both officers' body cameras were recording during the incident. the time now is 4:36. here's a look at some of th stories this morning. the university of maryland says it accepts a legal moral responsibility for the death of a football player. jordan mair died two weeks after suffering heat stroke during an off-season workout. strength and conditioning coach rick courts no longer with the program a head coach dj durkin on paid leave. planning to hold a rally tomorrow at metro station. it's continuing calls for paul wiedefeld to resign.

they say metro gaveal speci treatment to the white supremacists on saturday. unite the right supporters were given a train to themselves they say. metro denies the allegations. > at least 35 people are dead after a highway bridge collapsed in italy. three people are still missing. the highway collapsed during a severe storm yesterday sending cars plunging to the ground. nork was being down on the bridge's foundat when the collapse happened. ummer is over for a lot of people and school is starting for thousands of students in virginia today. public schools in fauquier, frederick and rappahannock county begin classes later this morning. if you live in these areas, be extra careful on ths. ro we're getting the whole family ready for school and we'll have a lot of tips and tricks to start the new year off right. i still -- it's going to take me a minute t tget usethe fact that it's here now. >> yes. >> after labor day. a lot of the bulk of the schools

go after labor day. but a bunch going now. >> 4:38 right llnow. ishes continue to pour in for the queen of soul. >> we've been following reports thatrea franklin is gravely ill and in hospice care at her home in detroit. the music legend has people around the world pulling for her. franklin is familiar with the district after joyce garrett, long time director at eastern high school choir, say franklin would often ask her students to perform as backup singers n stage when she had concerts in d.c.ey sidn miller, the founder of a magazine has been friends with franklin foryears. franklin was diagnosed with cancer. >> i have been living with this for seven months. this didn't just happen yesterday. aretha has been sick now for at least eight or nine months. >> stay with news 4 as we get updates on franklin's health. we'll bring them tyou on air and in the nbc washington app.

it's now 4:38. coming up a store toy go pack to school with a 10-year-old plays doctor cousin allher baby by herself. up next, we hear from her about how she knew what to do. plus, we'll show you more of this video new into the newsroom. taylor swift speaking abou a tse

a newborn in northern virginia is going to have quite a s hry to tell whens older. but his cousin can already tell> it. he's just ten years old and helped deliver the baby in an apartment bathroom. so here's what happened. chloe was atitome her aunt yesterday afternoon. her auntas dominiquet feeling well, went to the bathroom. the next thingrdhloe hea was dominique yelling there's a baby. >> saw her aunt in the tub.

>> she got in the bathtub and had the baby on the floor. but she had lost a lot of blood so she fell down and passed out. i grabbed the baby, called 9-1-1. >> wow. chloe cut the umbilic cord and swaddled the baby before ramedics arrived. mom and baby in the hospital doing well. that is a gorgeous baby. >> this is what i wondered. how does a10-year-old figure out how to help deliver a baby? she want youtube video apparently. >> stop it. there are benefits to wating youtube. no one knew she was pregnant because she didn't tell anyone. what? this family does have a story to tell. >> that's amazing. you know what, good job, chloe. quick thinking and nowhe baby is okay. and her aunt is fine. >> ig4:43 now. let turn to the weather. >>. >> 10 years old. handle a wags like that when

you're aunt -- situation that when your aunt is passed out. it's mild by the afternoon. back around 90egrees as you pick them up and plenty of sun in the forecast. we'll have the full forecast and the next rain chanceoming up. right now, breaking news in first 4 c.traf clarksburg shut down between 109 and 101.

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4:47. new this morning, a tra igender woma blazing a new trail through vermont politics. christine hullquist is the first transgender woman to win a major party nomination for governor. she will take on republican phil scott in november. won in a landslide last night pulling more than double votes of any of her competitors. for one of the competitors, it was his first campaign. we told you about ethan e'sterday. >> the 14 year hold campaigning for the democratic nomination. he came in, last place. but still picked up 8% of the vote. now he has experience under his belt. >> there you go. to the maryland governor's race and a new poll

showing the incoucumbent with a sizable lead. larry hogan pulling at 52% and jealous at 36%. % are undecided. that's in the recent survey of registered voters from gonzalez research and marketing strategy. look at how it breaks down by region. hogan leans on the eastern shore and western maryland in baltimore county and anne arundel county. jealous leads in montgomery, prince george's couy and baltimore city. the scorched earth campaign between omarosa manigault wman d the white house is making a connection to the russia investigation. >> susan mcginnis joins us with more on this. we know that omarosa is claiming that they had information on wikileaks reasing information. >> that's right. this is a new point, aaron and eun entering this fray. escalating a war of words between these two just keeps on

growing. now accusations of a racial slur, possible legal battles ani now the r investigation. >> susan mcginnis live for us on capitol hill. thank you. 11 before the hour. twitter temporarily suspended controversial radio host alex jones' account. twitter says jones violad its policy but not deleting a tweet in which he told listeners to get battle rifles ready. he suspension will last seven days. earlier this month, facebook, youte and apple took steps to remove jones from their service. ings known for falsely cla that the mass killing at sandy hook elementary school was staged it's now 4:49. reputation stadium tour in d.c. last month last night's performance in tampa, florida, making hdlines this morning. angie goff is in the newsroom with details. angie, good morning. >> good morning. yesterday marked one year since that groping trial against a

denver dj came to anal emoti close. swift talked about the trial on stage. take a listen. >> today a year ago was a day th the jury sided in my favor and voted -- [ cheering ] >> swiftent on to say that she thinks about all the people thae are not bel when it comes to alleged assault. she said, i'm sorry to anyone who ever wasn't believed because she doesn't know what turn her life would have taken if mebody did not believe her. >>co in civil triaurt a jury in a denver courtroom ruled that he assaulted and battere when he grabbed swift's backside at a meet and gre photo session back in june of 2013. that's the latest. aaron, back to you. >> angie, 4:50 right now.

d.c. mayor, muriel bowser wraps up her visit to esalvador with a special stop. she visited the hometown of thousands of salvadorians who now live in d.c. she was greeted by the mayor there. before he was elected six months ago, h lived in alexandria. mayor bowser watched performances and given the keys tohe city. many of us can't imagine going a few hours even a few minutes without using the internet. but millions in cuba just had their first taste of logging online yesterday. it was available for eight hours as part of a test before the company starts to sell the ability to get online. it is the first time ever that it was available throughout ther co it's one of the least connected countries in the western hemisphe . >>4:52 right now.

melissa has a traffic. ale >> absolutely. in clarksburg, 355 shut downld between hundred road and 121. this is because of a structure fire in e area. that is a four-mile stretch that police and firelo are cng off here this morning to kind of protect that a as they do their investigation and try to get thise big structure f under control. as you zoom out, new problem in frederick. and baker valley road. crash reported there. sounds like a vehicle into a pole. rockville northbound at 270, the exit and ramped-- a no other major issues around the townment inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking good. thank you, melissa. off to a comfortable start on a enwednesday. cutemperatures in the 60s for most of the suburbs across northern virginia. d-60s in montgomery county this morning. low 70s for most of prince george's county. mid-70s by the bay and downtown.

a nice way to get the day going. for thef sunshine today kids who don't have to go back to school just yet, another near perfect day at the pool. don't forget to put on your spf. temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s. all sunshine all the time for today. little bubble of high moved in pushing our rain chances away for today and the unsettled weather back to our west promises a return of rain chances here. just in time for the weekend unfortunately. the weekend doesn't look like a total washout. it looks like saturday inul part could have quite a few showers to be dealt with. high temperatures today, user to 90 degrees. plenty of sunshine. 89 degrees by 6:00. trendingown to about 82 by 8:00 p.m. notice, sunset today, 8:03. 8:01 tomorrow and sunsets before 8:00 on friday. it will set before 8:00 p.m. until may of next year.

tomorrow, another a sunny hot one. high temperatures around 93 degrees. if you're thinking about going to the beach this weekend, still, i think worth the trip. no more than an shower or two on saturday and sunday. but i think the trip down to the coastline will be aood on here's our ten-day forecast sround town. three 90 in a row. today, tomorrow and 94 on friday. cooler over the weekend but with a hit and mis rain chance, particularly on saturday. as we get into the middle parts of next week, temperatures start to be a couple degrees cooler than average. we love that in august. >> certainly do, chuck. thank you. bon appetit released the best newt restaurants l and three d.c. spots made the top 50. only one made it into the coveted top ten. maydan on florida avenue northwest snagged the spot in the country. the restaurant focuses on north african middle eastern cuisi cuisine. it's known for cooking in the middle of the restaurant.

the next one went to oklahoma city restaurant and the three restaurants inside t line hotel and adams morgan madpthe 50. it's been four years since d.c. snagged a coveted title. >> rose's luxury in 2014. >> love to see the love for d.c. restaurants. the washington redskins can check train og camff their to do-list for the season. they wrapped up in richmond now they can focus on the g preseasoame against the new york ts. e game is at fedex field kicking off at 8:00 p.m. a lot of football fans consider watching a game with a cold beer a tradition. >> cleveland brown fans consider it a tradion but are holding out. there are dozens of bud light bottles chained up. beer lovers a crying over this. the fridges will only belo ed when or if the teams win. they haven't won a game since christmas eve 2016.

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a large fire burning in rg clarks maryland. >> angie goff following this from the live desk. >> we're ltking a big firefighting operation right now. this appears to be a good-sized warehouse that is shooting off flames 24,000 block of 355 maryland road. it's a o-alarm fire. it's less than a couple miles from clarksburg elementary. we're waiting to find out what's inside the big building and if anybody was hurt. chris lawrence, chopper b 4,h are heading to the scene right now. they'll have live reports and an update coming up. we d t knot this is impacting the wednesday morning commute. for more on that,n we'll tur to melissa mollet in first 4 traffic. >> good morning, an angie. because of this massive fire operation, clarksburg, 355

frederick road between old hundred a 121, clarksburg road, that's a four-miletretch that's closed down right now because of the structure fire. as you know, if yore familiar with that route, we have one lane northbound, one lane southbound. a lot of people use 355 instead of 270 through that area. not going to be able to do that today. here is the section shut wn. no doubt 270 going to get quite busy as this progresses this rning. you have to take 270 instead. as we widen out and look at anything else happening right now, no other major issues on the roads. we'll keep y updated on that and this problem here. chopper should be there soon with live pictures and also chris lawrence. more coming up in a minute. >> melissa, thank you. >> more headlines in a minute. first we'll check in on the forecast with chuck bell and sheena parveen. how is it