latest. mark? >> reporter: yeah, as you mentioned,ee t families were notified today of the worst news that they could possibly get,ov that their ones who have been missing, as you said, for ten years, are not going to be comihome. as you said, police now have a wot more clues to go on. they now k that all three women were in their 40s. they all lived in e same neighborhood. and they all disappeared back in 2006. as recently as last week, investigators were still digging in the woods behind this apartment buding, looking for clues. now police have the bt clues so far. the names of the victims. >> jewelking, who was a 48-year-old female fromso hwest d.c. the second was verdell jefferson, she was aol 41-yea female. our third victim is dorothy butts, she was a 43-year-old female. >> reporter: it all began ipr late a when a construction sew found a human skull while working in a crapace of this building on wayne place in southeast.

cadaver dogs were brought in. the skeletal remns of three women were discovered buried in and around this building. the chief medical examinerul red the deaths homicide, saying two of the women were shot and one was killed by inflicted trauma. now officials say they know a lot more about these three women. >> three females in their 40s. th are all believe to have lived in close proximity to where the remains were discovered. reporter: so there's still a lot of mystery surrounding this. they said today that they're not sure that there's just one suspect involved in all three murders but they do believe at least two of the women were killed, quote unquote, during the same incident becau their bodies were buried so closely together, there was no dirt between the two bodies. they belied they were murde and buried at the same time. again, those three women were r allorted missing months apart from one another. omen 's unclear if these

were killed immediately when they disappeared, or if possibly they were held captive for some chief newsham wants anyone who is family with the area a that time to give police a call, you may have information they need. >> rk if the bodies were buried and it's been usten- years, how were they able to make a 100% identification in this case? >> reporter: yeah, dr. love, the chief forensic pathologist for d.c., said the skeletal remains were in very good condition, despite being buried for ten years. they also got dna samples from family members. she was able to narrow down the f the women, and police then gathered together the mipling reports of p who matched those descriptions, and they went out and got dna from eight different families, from

mothers, daughters, and siblings. they matched that up, finally, with the three women they identified today. that's the latest, erika, back to you. >> heartbreaking news for a lot of families. mark, thank you. students who survived one of th s worst schoolotings in u.s. history just wrapped up their first day of this n school year. marjory stoneman douglas high students returned to class this morning with newecurity measures. there is now just one point of entry into the parkland, florida school, so kids only have one way in, one way out, during the arriving a dismissals. a former student confessed to shooting and killing 17 students and staff membe on valentine's day. of course the tragedy there prompted changes in schools in our area. in fauquier county where students returned y, officials are now in the process of adding armed security guards at every school. northern virginia reporter david culver has the story you'll see only on 4 tonight.

>> good morning! >> it's going to be a great dayr >> rr: the first day back to school. a mix of excitement and joy on these young faces. >> good morning! >> reporter:ie fauqu county superintendent dr. david jack eeting the kids outside greenville elementa b. butehind that smile, a determination to shield these students from traged following february's deadly school shooting in parkland, florida. the fauquier county school board and community leaders moved swiftly, approving armed guards at every school including 12 new school security officers or ssos. starting today, as you pull up to any of the h high schoolse in fauquier county, you'll not only notice the school resource officer from the sheriff's office, but this new school security officer. and soon they will be carrying guns. >> and i'll tell you that the group of individuals who probably deserve the most credit are the studts. >>r. jack is great about listening to us. >> reporter: senior harper among

the students who wanted more security and prefers c thenty hire former police officers. >> definitely having them from a law enforcement background, trained, kwing what they're doing, armed, is better than just giving anybody a gun, i guess. >> with my experience and training, this is awesome. >> reporter: they franz mailer. he just retired after 29 years with the virginia state police. >> a lot of times in my previous jo we're reactive. and this job, i can be proactive. >> reporter: on this, his first day of school, veteran resource officer corporal tyndall showed him around. >> we now know if corporal tyndall isn't available, someone else can help us out. >> reporter: in fauquier county, david culver, news4. >> the school system is also implementing training for mental health first aid.

at 6:00 tonight, david takes a closer look at the uniquepr ch they're using so students know who they can open up to when they're struggling, erika. now to a developing story involving some of our country's former top intel officials. the white house announcingt's revoked the security clearance of former cia dirtor john brennan. we're told the white house is also looking at clearances for several other obama era intel an law enforcement officials. critics call the move political retribution for speak out crainst the president. white house press ary sarah huckabee sanders accused brennan of using his status make in her words, quote, unfounded allegations about the administration. >> mr. brennan's lying and recent conduct characterized b increasingly frenzied commentary is inconsistent with having access to the nation's closest secret >> because of the president's

former campaign chairman's trial and his former staffer omarosa, this is an attempt to distract the american public. closing arguments have orapped up in the trial of president trump'smer campaign chair paul manafort. in their closing, the defense today tried to discredit the st witness, manafort's f mer business associate rick gates, who testified against him. manafort is facg bank fraud and tax evasion charges. he's the first person to face a trial in connection to special counsel robert mueller's russia probe. manafort'sharges are not related to his time with the caeaign. th judge in this case is nowtr giving insuctions before turning it over to the jury. new comments from the attorney general who aed grand jury report which alleges that hundreds of catholic priests sexually abused nearly 1,000

chpedren. this hd in pennsylvania during the time the current archbish of washington was the bishop in pittsburgh. news4's meagan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: he was asked directly about cardinal wuerl's involvement in the scathing report of children being abused and church leade turning a blind eye. he says the evidence presented to the grand jury speaks for itself. >> institutions across this country, not just the catholic church, need to stop prioritizing their own reputations and start focusing on the children they serve. >> reporter: an investigation led byns penvania attorney general joshhapiro and turned over to a grand jury reveals that over 1,000 children were sexually abused by some 0 catholic priests over 70 years. from 1988 to 2006, cardinal donald wuerl washo the b for the archdiocese of pittsburgh and he was mentioned in the

grand jury report nearly 170 times. according to the port, pennsylvania authorities told wuerl back in 1989 that the church must report any allegations of sexual abuse. but the grand jury criticized the church for instead hdling most complaints internally. the grand jury accused wuerl of reating and using the term "circle of secrecy" to refer to the way the church covered up the ausations of abuse. that term was handwritten on a docume grand jurors reviewed and attributed it to wuerl. asperson for archbishop wuerl says he never usedrm that nd says the terminology was taken out of context by the grand jury. >> the first thing i can tell you about cardinal wuerl, the public comments that he has made directly contradict the church's own documents that we found in theecretarchives. and that's all spelled out in the grand jury report. >> reporter: we tried to reach out to cardinal wuerl several times for an intview and a

spokesperson has declined those requests. he did issue a stateme saying in part he acted with diligence, with concern for the victims, and to prevent future acts of of course you can read that entire statement in our nbc washington app, just search "wuerl." back to you. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank youi ther more fallout from that bombshell report. a maryland catholic school is stripping the name a late cardinal accused of covering up sex abuseallegations. cardinal william h. keeler had a reputati a for transparency archbishop of baltimore. but yesterday's grand jury report accused keeler of failing to act on priest abuse cases when as bishop in pennsyania. in a statement, the baltimore archbishop says it will no longer bear keeler'sname. a return to the 90s for a lot of us. >> doug kammererot in the storm center today, he's actually out in manassas,

enjoying some of one of the best days we've had in quite someme doug. >> yeah, it is a gorgeous day out here. any day iutet o to do backyard weather, i always have a great time. obviously when the wer is like this, low humidity, temperature around 90, and i got a pool, it's prettyod go. it was supposed to be a dive but that did not quite work out. let's show you what'sappening weather-wise right now. we're sitting at the 90-degree mark or at least we were over the last couple of hours, 89 right now, c6 therent temperature in ocean city. richmond, 89 degrees. next cple of days, we'll see the temperatures on the increase. heat and humidity really return tomorrow, but espec into friday. watching the weekend rain chances. and then mainly dry next week, looking at a really nice wee nextweek. that's great because the teachers in manassas go back on monday! yeah, yeah. i was going to say, i wasn't sure -- i know, it's not exciting at all. we're talking teachers, we're talking back to school, we're

talking backyard weather. >> doug, we're surprised you're still dry out there. i'm waiting for it. we're counted the minutes until that happened, >> trust me, that might happen. i'm already wet from all those big football players jumping in a while ago. >> a lot of cannon balls out there. doug, thank you, we'll see you in a bit. >> our aimee cho takes us inside one of the hottest restaurants in the country to get a thete of secret for success. plus a boil water warning catches residences off-guard and leads to complaint on how it was handled. and why americans' love for balloons could soobe deflated.

on the heels of a player's death and an investigation into the football progra we're hearing from the man thrust into leading the terps. george wallace joins us from the newsroom with more on matt canada's comments today. hi, george.or >> rr: hi, jim. the offensive coordinator takes over as d.j. durkett is on

leave. ere are twobreaks. yesterday's workout went an hour and 45 minutes. there are also tts cooling t out there. we saw players and coaches drinking water at today's practice. here is some of what canada had to say about the team's wor tuts as well mood and culture surrounding the program. >> our practices haveeen extremely crisp. the focus on our players' health and safety is number one. >> our culture r ht now is great. our culture right now is awesome. our kids are excited to practice, excited to play. they're loving each other. at times, aree grieving for jordan? we are. c but ourture right now is really, really good. our staff is working to continue to make it better. >> reporter: canada also said there is a meeting with parents set up for saturday morning before a team scrimmage. jim, back to you. >> george,hanks so much. a warning now about speeding through workones in our area. speed cameras have been

operational on the btway for a year now. transportation leaders say lead-foote drivers are still flying through them. we took a look at the numbers at the beltway, nr the suitland road bridge. the posted speed limit isle 55 per hour. triple a says they caught drivers going 1 miles over the limit. cameras catching over300 drivers speeding through there every day. more than 120,000 tickets have been . drivers ended up paying nearly $5 million in fines. watch out for those signs. and the people, most importantly, affected by it. >> ka-ching. those are some big numbers. 3 a scorching day out there. what better than a pool? doug knew where to go. >> doug is enjoying a backyard weather day in manassas. >> a beautiful day out here. i love getting out in the community. prince william county, i think

we've done one other in prince williaounty but we're in manayas today. sa hello, everybody. we have josh, w havekristen. kristen was helping me because last week we had somebodyha had a cancellation. we'll get back to them next year, trust me. if they're watching right now, we're getting back to yo next year. but you came on your facebook page and said, you've got to >> manassas is a great place to raise kids and family. we have great friends and neighbors. we've been here 18 years next h. mo we're so glad you came out. >> you sent me a beautiful picture of your husband and your dog. it was great. i haven't seen that dog, by the way. >> yeah, i think i need to brint her later when she calms down a little bit. she's the star of the show and nobody else here. >> thank you guys for having us out. we had the football team out, a and you'r teacher. >> i am a teacher, i've got lots of my teacher friends here. >> you can yell out. has the summer been good?

good. you guys ready to go back? >> i am ready to goback. i've had a busy summer traveling, my son went to college yesterday, so i'm ready to get back m and see kids, i miss them. >> did you meet at virginia tech? >> we 'ld. >> get the story in a minute. playing pool? >> playing pool. >> that's awesome. of course she did. let's take a loou and show what's happening outside now, guys. temperature-wise, yeah, it's on the hot sideut at least it's not all that humid. we saw high temperature today of 90 degrees.w right itting at 89. that's all right. we're good. yes. yes. that totally worked, actually. you guys were great. degrees right now in d.c. 91 in annapolis. fredick still at 90. when you get out towards the blue ridge here, we're looking at 84 degre towards winchester, looking pretty good there. as far as the radar is concerned, nothing around our region. we'll be dry. we'll stay dry today. we haven't been able to say that

over the past couple of weeks. an isolated shower hemorrow. then come back during the day on friday. this is why. we've got a bigtorm system out towards the west. we'll be tracking it as it makes its way towards the, ea eventually moving on an into our area. yes, that will bring with it a chance for showers and thunderstorms on friday. somef them could be on the strong side. and maybe one or two severe, but we're not talking about any kind of real widespread severe weather. now, tomorrow it gets back to the hot side. 94 degrees. a few clouds, hot, and a bit i think we will see a little bit more humidity than we had today. then it really gets hot and humid on friday. take a look at the next couple of days here, high of 94 on friday. it will feel more like 100 on friday, rather humid saturday and sunday. tracking the weekend. we don't think it's going to be a washout of a weekend, but yesterday we were worried about sunday. today, a little bit lorried about sunday. it looks like saturday could have the better chance of deshowers and thtorms. and then next week, looking pretty good too. hoss, mycameraman, come with me. oiwe're gng up the j steps,im

and erika, because gous know what's coming, right? >>e can we m a point here to note how comfortable doug is, he's already taken his shoes off? just make yourself at home, doug. youeah, look at that, guys, know what's coming. it's wing time, baby josh says we got all kinds of different sauces here. i'm excited. >> hey, doug. you know the slogan, no shoes, no service? you got to put shoes on before you can eat, you know that, don't you? >> please don't walk into those lovely people's home with feet like that. >> i forgot my flip-flops, and nobody wears size 14 like >> those wings look awesome. >> see you guys. >> thanks, doug. a local couple reaches out to nbc 4 responds after getting billsom forething they never signed up for.

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chool in springdale at 8:00 a.m. for a boot camp of sorts, an orientation. veteraner teawithin the county helping them to get ready. fit day f students is september 4th. >> i like the way they ease back in without fhe student a few days, always helps. new outfits and supplies are ten at the top of the back to school to-doyolist. may want to add a trip to see your child's pediatrician. news4's justin finch has a few recommendations to get ready for school. >> reporter: proof of vaccinations and doctor's exams are usual requirementsor enrolling your student in school. but don't let that be your only ti for having your student see a doctor. >> you want to make sure their heart's in good shape, that they're ready to take on a sport. >> reporter: dr. curt newman, now ceo of children's national hospital, was also an m pediatr

surgeon. he recommends routine back to school doctor's visits, saying they grow more important as your child grows older. >> havin those conversations in those meetings, maybe giving th av ae h y questions and build that relatiship, so there's trust. >> reporter: for parents with kids with allergies or other health concerns back to school checkup can be critical. >> if a child gets exposed to something that maybe they react to, you want to have that plan in place, whether they need an epipen to get out of the trouble they're in or need to go to an emergency department, you want to have that plan. t you wa school to know where to send the child. >> reporter: if your child is going to a newschool, it might help to go for an early visit to help ease their nerves. >> so they know where the bus will b dropped of so they have in their mind, this isn't so hard, i can deal with rthis.

orter: justin finch, news4. >> many districts have physical forms that needo be filled out if you plan on having your child play a sport. check with the school and head to the doctor's office. om> andup, how childreg n inwith allergies should prepare class.e first day of >> coming up next on news4 at 5:00. a scary situation for a teenaged girl on a soccer field. and what police are doingnd to he suspect. also tonight, a new lifeline for victimsf domestic violence. the app that lets you help keep women safe in real. ti we've been talking lately about the push to ban plastic straws. coming up, w you hyknow when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find tm for less. at ross. yes for less.

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these women's disappearance or murders. we just got new information on a breaking news story. >> polic say a man exposed himself to a girl playing soccer. news4's darcypencerust spoke to a neighbor who heard the girl scream. darcy joins us live in the newington station area with that neighbor's concerns tonight. darcy? >> reporter: that's right, this was the soccer field where it happened. the teenager was out here all by herself. i spoke to a neighbor who lived very close by who heard the scream and he knew something was wrong. >> it was like a scream of surprise, kd of. andt was more like shriek. >> reporter: the scream he heard was coming from this soccer el fid. a man had just exposed himself to a teenaged girl who was practicing soccer. >> i saw a young lady running

it ugh the neighborhood appeared to be not playing but sre in a panicked state. >> reporter: polic it happened at 8:00 in the newington station neighborhood. the teen was alone. >> he approached her from behind, touched her, mad contact, she turned around to see, and then she saw himel expe hi to her. >> reporter: fairfax county police worked wh the victim to develop this composite sketch. they say he ran away and hasn't been seen since. many neighbors we spoke to had not heard about thecrime. do you think you're going to be more cautious, i guess, with your kids? >> of course. i'm glad the news came to me to tell me so. >> reporter: this neighbor saw the police activity but wasn't sure wt it happened. >> i mean, there were like six or seven police cars. that's good, that they're trying to catch somebody like that, because that's just wrong. >> reporter: the fairfax county police plan to be back out here the neighborhood in ju about half an hour for a canvas. they're hoping someone saw something that wil help them get this man identified and

under arrest. jim? >> l hope they catch him soon, darcy spencer. darcy, thank you. there are apps for just about and now there's one available in our area to help domestic violence survivors. it allows anyone to make an anonymous donation that could help save someone's life. our prince georges county bureau chiefxpracee wilkinsins how it works. >> i was in a very stressful and trying abusive situation. >> reporter: this woman is two months' removed from her abusive relationship. we're protecting her identity for her safety. >> i needed somewre to turn >> reporter: when she finally called for help, sheot it through the safe night app, first launched in california and now available here. >> we really believe that we can place hundreds of people, that we can be in a position where no one is turned away when they're

trying to get out of danger or trying to leave a domestic violence situation. >> reporter: when a victim contactscathy, they can be placed immediately in a safe hotel room paid for by an anonymous donor through the app. how many people have y >> three so far. >> reporter: sheila casey-brown says the app has givener an opportunity to help domestic violence survivors in a way she never could before. >> you want to beble to help, yet you don't know how. now you know how. you sign up for safe app and you can make a difference and you wow you have. >> reporter: the al i have no -- will notify you when y help someone. but donor and beneficiaries will never meet. >> that's what i needed, time no think, reflect, gather my thoughts so i can know wch way i'm going. roer >>ppeporter: the safe night is available on android or apple devices. you can download it. all of your donations are tax for more information go to nbc washington and search "safe

night." in laurel, i'mlk tracee s, news4. >> tracee, thank you. a good meal canring people together. now a local restaurant is helping it can help those in need of support. the austin grill inispringfield teaming up to raise money for the american foundation for suicide prevention. out of rt supports the the darkness walk. that will be next month. >> all i the money tha raised for the american foundation for suicide goes to support research and funding and the advocacy work wehe do and healing programs. >> i believe this organization has been pnomenal to spread the word and it helps me he. >> tomorrow's event runs from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p. at the austin grill at old key road in springfield. 20% of the meal proceeds benefit the charity. >> arf won organization for so many people. frustration for thousands of residents after that boil viadsory in the district last month. c when wee back at 5:00, new details about the changes being made to make sure people are

better prepared should it happen again. a d.c. restaurant named one of the best new restaurants in the country. i'm aimee cho in norse west. i'll tell what you makes them so special. and i'm meteorologist doug kammer kammerer, right now tracking the wing eta here. i'm predicting the wing eta about seven minutes, guys, seven minutes. we're right back with wings and of course your weather too. it will get hot in the next couple of days. we're back in just a c

bon appetit magazine just released its0 top d.c. restaurant list. only one made it into the coveted top ten. may dong. news4's aee cho takes us inside the award winning restaurant. >> reporter: if you step inside, you'll find the team working hard to whisk you away with their food. owner chris morgan said the tvem first td to the middle east to learn about the food there and looking for inspiration. 'm entirely too chatty and i ask way too many questions, always havebeen. they definitely helped me with cooking. opening a restaurant is definitely one of the hardest undertakings i think that's out there. >> reporter: but it would seem that hard work has been wl

rth it. "bon appetit" magazinemaaming dong the second best restaurant in the country. today the team celebrating a win a long time in the making. >> i was crying. not crying-crying. there were tears coming down my face. >> reporter: but even so, the hard work continues. they pefp for hourse the doors open for dinner each day. >> it just feels really special that people appreciate and understand all the work and love that goes into this place. it's been a great, great day for sure. >> reporter: from the corn to the hummus, a lot of the food here is meant to be shared. heir wners say one of biggest goals is bringing people closer together. >> it's just a really nice communal experience. we all love each other 100%. it's jt a really tight team that feels very special to be a part of.r: >> reporte team that's found a recipe for success. at may don in northwest, aimee

cho, news4. >> what a cool that say huge deal. the top spot went to an oklahoma city restaurant. and ellie in mt. pleasant, they made it into the top 50. >> very impressive. of course rosa's luxury in 2014. >> and unlike rosa's, they do take reservation. but good luck getting them now. >> that's exactly right. off going be better to oklahoma city. coming up, a local couple gets several billsai in the for something they never ordered or even signed up for, for that chtter. they r out to nbc 4 responds for help. >> consumer reporter susan hogan joins us in the studio with thr story and whatei (sound of footsteps) ou of car door opening)

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we've been talking an awful lot about t effort to ditch plastic straws. big companies like starbucks have signed on. but there's a new battle brewing in our country now. and it has to do with balloons. and it's a similar eyissue. e bright and fun and kids love them. but when they're released, they e sometimes wind up in an our waterways and pos a threat to wildlife, who mistake them for food. now we're seeing some new steps to try and combat the negative effects of balloons. one beach to in rhode island has actually banned the sale of them outright. and in rginia, there's a growing campaign to stop releases of balloons at weddings. football fans, meantime, may notice a change i tradition. clemson will stop its tradition of releasing thousands of balloonsver the stadium before games. and every last one of them is orange there. we a allamiliar with junk mail, right? but how about getting bills in

the mail forou thingsave never even ordered? >> it happened to one local company and so they reached out to nbc 4 responds for help. >> our consumer reporter susan hogan is here with their story. >> i felt so bad for these ople, they were so ustrated. and we are talking about magazine subscr that you didn't even sign up for. tonight we are working for you with what tndo w you find yourself stuck with an unexpected bill.>> eporter: bill and suzanne ryerson live an organized life. >> i keep track of everything that goes out and comes in. and if heuys something on the internet, i write it down. >> reporter: when they each received invoices from magazined theyt describe to, they immediatelyhehought ty were being scammed. >> i thought, wait a minute, there's something fishy here. >> reporter: that's when the ryersons reached out to nbc 4 respds. we start digging and discovered that these were in

fact real invoices, two from hgtv magazine. you're not hgtv fans. >> i've ner watched hgtv. neither does he. >> reporter: how did these publications get the ryersons' information? hearst ed out to magazines and meredith corporation. they told us that the ryersons had mailed in subscription insert cards. >> not so. >> ununequivocally. >> reporter: the ryersons insist this is not their handwriting. hearst said they canceled the subscription. when bill followed up with meredith, they confirmed the ryersons wouldot be receiving any more bills or magazines.

>> so now the ftc tells us it is illegal for anyone to sen you a bill for products or services you didn't order. so what should you do if this happens to you? the ftc says to ask the company to senou proof of whatever contract they say you signed. if they can't provide it, ignore them and contact the ftc, your state attorney general, and your local consumer production 4 ice and of course nbc responds. >> or you, which gets results. how big an issue is is, susan? >> it appears to be pretty common. we found a lot of complaint online. it seems a lot of times people sign up for subscriptions unknowingly when they're interesting online sweepstakes. but again, the ryersonsay they never did that, and those signatures on the card, they said absoluty they ar not ours. >> meanwhile, hgtv has some good programming, you know. >> what do you mean, you've nevereen an episode of hgtv!

>> i'm like,ea you never of chip or joanna? nope. >> we believe them. all right. >> we totally do.nk >> tha you, susan. > let's get the word on the weather now. doug has a pool,e's got wings. does life get any better? >> dude, are you even doing anyo work there at all or are you must standing by the barbecue pit? >> doing any work out here? this is the best thing i do. sides predictin two feet of snow. we're talking with a lot of teachers here, we gotjosh, w got kristen, and new addition kelsey. kelsey just came from -- >> cheer practice. >> so we have the football team where son jackson is on the football team and cheer practice as well. eventually it comes together, right? so we're excited for that. so we had -- first off, you're a teacher going back. you've got your principal right over my left shoulde here. >> my awesome principal, heather

abney, she's awesome. seactually followed her to woodbridge on purecause she's so amazing. she's great with kids, she ces much about kids. that's a passion of mine as well, as for most teachers it is. i'm just glad she's here. >> and we get a raise tomorrow. weather-wise, guys, it's really not bad at all. was it hot outside, i couldn't guys cheering outside? oh, you were inside, you had the ac. temperature-wise we're sitting near the 90-degree range. everybody else sit i the 80s for the most part. that will be the case through the rest of e night tonight. a really nice evening. if you're out and about, sun is starting to go down now. temperature-wise, around the rest of the area, as we move on into the picture here, 87 degrees at college park. 90 degrees ft. belvoir. t a ton of humidity, but just enough, if you'reoo ou in the sunshine, it gets us sweating a little bit. 85 in gaithersburg.

radar picture, nothing to show. we don't have any rain today. i don't think we'll see a chance it until tomorrow afternoon. and then we're really going to see the chance increase on. frid amelia, we're really not worried about rain tomorrow. it's friday, not just the rain and storms we're worried about. it's going to be the heat and humidity, they really start to ramp up friday afternoon. >> yeah, summer is back in a big way, doug. when you factor inhe mugginess, it feels more like 100 degrees on friday afternoon. but not tomorrow, on your thursday. 7:00 a.m., a dry start. you can still hear doug out there enjoying backyard weather this evening. lunchtime, 89 degrees. a mix of clouds and sun, especially during the afternoon and evening hours tomorrow. plenty of sunshine when we're waking up. 94 degrees will be our high temperaturmorrow. a few degrees warmer than today. but it's summer, it's mid-august. we're for the most part right on track. the exper at maryville garden center says this is the ideal

time to divide your daylilies andirises. and maryville will be with us on monday, we've gotten aot of reports on twitter and facebook on how much the rain has impacted your vegetable garden. they'll come in and provide us expert tips on monday on news4 ay 4:00. scattered latehowers and thunderstorms out there. otherwise partly sunny skies on ooiday. as we to the weekend, a high on saturday of 89. notice the temperature drop on sunday with the high around 82. some scattered late day showers and thunderstorms on saturday. sunday yesterday, was looking pretty rainy. it is not looking like a washout at all lyday. bout a 40% chance that you're dealing with a shower or thunderstorm. otherwise we'll say partly sunny skies on monday. aside from the chance for on tuesday, most of next week is looking dry with highs generally in the mid-80s.

that's when teachers are going back to school. we'll cross our fingers that the weekend forecast covtinues to im >> all right. you can't talk with his mouthful. look at is. >> you know, they saw the capitals coverage about the wings. they said, we got to get wings. they're hoping if i eat enough wings, the nationals m ce the playoffs. they're seven, eight games back. >> keep eating, cadoug kammerer. pdon't think he'll s eating until 7:00. thank you, doug. like many animal shelters in the area, loudoun county is at capacity for cats. but with saturday's clear the shelters event, that could change. so shelter operators want to make sure that nody leave a shelter disappointed on saturday. that's why they're offering up a kitty guarantee. >> every year folks line up outside the shelter looking to find a new friend. and this year, we want to make sure that eerybody goes h

with someone. if they come here looking for a cat and we are so fortunate that all the cat have been adopted, we're going to offer a coupon that you can adopt a cat ahi time ts year at no cost. >> and if you are looking for a sweet loveable dog with a lot of energy, meeter le he's like a bull in a china shop. the clear thehelters campaign is this saturday with area shelters offering free or discounted adoptions. search "clear the shelters" in the nbc washington app for more information. >> i think lester there was walking the volunteer. that's what my dog doeso me. a boil water advisory last month cause a lot of confusion in parts of washington. now changes are being madema to ke sure you're better should something like that ever happen again. the

many customers complained they weren't notified fast enough about last month's water boil advisory. >> now the news4 i-team has learned major changes are coming to prevent that from happening again in the district. >> there were peoe who were very upset, and, you know, it used a lot of anxiety. >> that d.c. councilmember says the reports are in, and potential fixes are on the way. >> investigativer repor jodie fleischer is live in the newsroom with what's already in the works and the one change the

district wants that still isn't done deal. jodie? >> erika, the one thing we kept hearing over a over is why didn't the district just send everybody a techs alert? it's how most of us get our infoeation now. istrict does have that capability. the short answer is the july water situation didn't meet the federalrements to use that alert system. the i-team has learned d.c. will now push to change that. the fcc doesn't allow us to pla. the so but you probably remember hearing it blaring on your cellphone back in april with a test of the district's wireless emergency alert system. it can contact every cellphone within a certain area to warn of an emergency. but it was not used in jy when the district needed to quickly tell tens of thousands of people noto use their tap water without boiling it first. >> because we didn't know and because there was a potential danger, i would have thought that maybe thart a system with a text would have been better. >> councmember mary chase says

d.c. water and the district emergeavy management agency now responded to her many questions about the handling of that alert, triggered when an employee accidentally left a vaene threatening bacterial contamination. >> i got lots of e-mails about it, complaining t done a better job. >> she says many residents didn't know about the alert for hours. >> people say i got up in the morning, had breakfast, drank water. am i poisoned now? we were lucky in that there was no serious injury. so it was almost like a dry run. >> the district has a voluntary text and alert system but only a thousand people are signed up for it. she wants to require certain businesses like day-care centers to sign up during their licensing process. the district's head of homeland security and emergency n management wil contact fema and the fcc to push for expanded us of that federal wireless system to include water advisories. >> i said, shouldn't you always err on the side ofnotice?

you can always take it back, but people will be notified. >> d.c. water h already added a new computer server to keep its website from crashing. it's changing its robocall system to make all calls within 30 minut and will include a map to warn customers of problem areas. the utility also wants to identify a liaison for large customers like hospitals and universities. >> it was thi high level of anxiety that wa caused by what seemed to be a kind of lat notice. it's going to be better next time. >> she also gave the i-team a copy of this letter in which d.c. water told her it had no way to contact many customers who pay their water bills dr indirectly, thrgh rent. d.c. water plans to allow others to opt int to those information.

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