>> we call it friday eve. rain chance for the weekend. you and i will be doing clear the shelters this saturday. weai unfortunately have chance for that. it looks like the second half of the day but we'll talk abo a that in minute. let's step outside. upper 60s, muggy out there. 73, washington, 75 deges in quantico. radar nice and dry as you make your way out, we do not expect the rain, for kids who head back to school for those who d have, this morning it will be nedry. 90, by pickup time, we're looking at 92 degrees, it's otgoing to be a one out there. even tomorrow, another hot, humid day tonight out the week before the rain arrives. ing eventw you that t in just a minute. lut get head to melissa or the commute. >> northbound, 122 between dolly madison and gw parkway, we have one lane getting by.

slow through that area right now. a couple people mentioning that to us as well. inner loop and outer loo of the beltway, road work is gone. movingoop and outer loop along nicely. taking a look at 270 southbound. 68 miles per hour. quickly.little going to get you there in 27 minutes. no problem as you're headed northbound, aaron. >> melissa, thank you. it's 4:31. again, a livook for you at reagan national airport. the lights areor on thisning after a big power outage plunged terminal and thousands i of passengeo darkness. >> a passengre s this video on instagram at the moment lights wt out. you can hear some people gasp as the lights flicker and then it went dark. it was nearly pitch black in some parts of the terminal? the backup kicked. >> the airport said this was a

problem with dominion energy. it was restored about 11:15. news4 justin finch is going to have aive reportrom reagan national at 5:00. and new lead it's in making. d.c. and fbi officials have identified three set of human remains found in southeast d.c. up might remember back in april, construction workers discovered the remains under an apartment building on wayne street southeast. we now know all three women are black, in their 40s and went missing in 2006. d.c. police say all three were murdered. 41-year-old verdell jefferson is on the left. she died of blunt force trauma. 47-year-old jewel king is in the middle and she was shot to death. dori butts is on the right here and also died of a gunshot wound. officials are not rulin out t possibility that one person could have killed all three women. this morning, we're hearing from the woman who helped a teenage girl run away from a man who exposed himself. yestday, detectives spent the

day knocking on doors andut putting flyers in fairfax county. detectives are lking for clues to find the m in this sketch. this is the person who officers say exposed himself back on august 4th. >> i heard a young lady screaming. i walked to the corner. she was screaming profusely. i asked her to come over, let me help you. >> the suspect is around 30 years of age. former cia director john brennan is speaking out after the trump administration revoked his security clearance. in a statement from the white brennan's.ked she said it was a to silence critics. >> is it an effort to cowl individuals to make sure they don't say anything that's

critical of mr. trump or with which he disagr ss. eral other officials are being put on notice that their clearances could also be revoked. these are thees top stori that we're following for you this morning. metro's largest union planning to hold a rally at metro center station at noon. the union is calling for its general man paul wiedefeld to sign. union claims unite the right supporters were given a train to themselves. metroenies the allegation. now, to the latest on that large fire at a g recycl facility in clarksburg, maryland. we brought you this news yesterday morning. the fire is so big it could burn for days, appathntly. ey are contained, though. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the fire. nobody was inside that warehouse. oing for edskins are their first win of 2018 tonight. they're taking on the jet in

their second preseason game of the year. they lost g the firste to the patriots. it's tonight at fedexfield. 4:35, coming up, pets can be pricey especially when it comes to pet visits. we'll tell you which local vets can offer the best qualit

>> announcer: you're watching "news4 today." t> a warning for lead-footed drivers a littl beltway. speed cameras are clicking away as drivers speed through work zones. >> and since they've been up in prince george's county, those cameras have raked in millions of we're talking about the cameras in the construction zone at the beltway and suitland road area aaa says at least 341 drivers are getting a ticket every single day. that is a total of more than 124,000 tickets a year which

equals nearly $5 million in fines. this camera is the second most profitable one in maryland. f fact -- >> thet of the matter is that work zones are especiallye das places to be speeding. >> i think the state or government just uses it as a profit-making machine and citizens suffer from it. >> each ticket is going to cost you 40 bucks. that construction on that section of the beltway is expected to last for at least two more years. your yourime right now is had:39. still ahead, call it a tese dr gone wrong. oops. ow a driver ended up inside the dealership inste out on the road. oh, yuck. . with the forecast, it's going to be a hot one for rece s recess. kids are going to need an extra bott

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dangerous. back to you. >> susan mcginnis on the hill for us, susan,hank you. 4:44 now, developing this morning, just steps away from yale university. officials are trying to figure out whether someone intentionally deliberated a laced batch of k2. first respondersavbeen called to 60 overdoses since tuesday. here in d.c., more than 260 people were taken to hospitals over a ten-day period in july for synthetic drug overdoses. k2 is often called sthetic marijuana but the chemical composition is different. researchers at virginia quilt university say people in their 20s are dying largely to the opioid epidemic. new overnight, alit made an emergency landing because of an odor in the cabin. the plane was traveling from whendo to philadelphia suddenly crews noticed a strong smell. the flight was quicklyiverted

to robert thurman international aieort. a few w taken to the hospital. the cause of the odor is still unclear at this time. a former tes employee now claims he has evidence the company has been putting drivers at risk. whistle-blower martin tripp tweeted internal e-mails and photos that he says are evidence of flawed manufacturing practices at tesla's battery factory. he referred to specific cars that received batteries containing damaged cells that never should have been stalled. tripp claims ceo elon musk had direct knowledge of these ocesses and failed to intervene. the former employee has been fighting a legal battle with tesla. the carmaker said tripp shared and falsifiedinformation. students at stoneman douglas high school in florida have started a new school year with newsecurity. about 3100 high schoolers started cool yesterday on that campus where 17 of their teachers ande classmates wer

killed back in february. all of them now areeqred to wear photo i.d.s on lanyards and there's a $6 million surveillance system i place and all classroom doors now lock automatically. closer to home here in , virginia armed security guards will soon join students in schools. school started yesterday but the guards won't be until next month. each school in the county will have at least one armed officer. the school i implementing new training for mental health and first aid. prince george' count students are a month away from going back. all of theseeaers took part in new teacher boot camps. they are eheher new to profession or new to the district. 300 teachers learned the best way to manage classrooms during this workshop. the first day of school in prince george's county is september 4th, the day after labor day. just like many of you ate home h at news4, pets are a

big deal, they're a big part of our family. here's a look at some of the four-legged fours of the news4 team. if you're considering adopting, you'll need to make sure you that find great health care for your pets. >> yeah, a local consumer group said there are substantial orchoices. >> rr: we're picking the right vet for the right price that can be pretty so recently watching a consumer's checkbook com lred 23al vets, based on their services, their price and quality. their results are nothing toat bark . >> you ready to go? >> reporter: this is me and this is fry. >> reporter: lake forest animal hospital in the gathers g burg checkbook's top rating for quality and price. but not all vets received high marks. checkbook asked their consumers

to rate their vets on competence, wait times. and what you pay for a vet isn't necessarily a reflection of the qualit of care you'll receive. for example, the cost of getting a spayed from $235 to $1200. >> some vet owners report to us that they felt pressured into paying for really expensive services by the vet. kind of guilted into it, really. so, not only do you not want that, but you want a vet thatons reasle in terms of trying to keep costs down. and also charges fair prices. er>> reporter: there are s other factors to consider, two things with avet, friendly hospital, accommodation, and of course, good communication. to see how your veterinarian rates just go to our nbc washington app and search vet ratings.

back to you. et to you want to add a your family, you can join nbc4 as we clear the .shelte animal rescues across the area are offering discounts or waiving fees for saturday. you can find the information on the nbc4 washington app. what's so beautiful about this event, oftentimes, you'll see long lines of people. >> oh, s. willing to go and receive a pet into their family. this weekend, you may have to take an umbrella with you. >> yeah. >> last year,le during the shelters. there was a girl waiting in line, i think she got there 2:30 in the morning for a certain dog i showed the day before. but she did not understand thele you had to have everyone in your family with you. you had to have your i.d. she didn't know that. >> oh, you need to tell people that. i doesn't know that. >> if you go to thewebsite, we have all of the information. you have to read the rules because you need your i.d. you need everyone in the family

because then she got turned away. an i was so upset for her, she was the first one in line for this puppy, she doesn't get it. really sad. >> the moral of the story is don't let this happen to you. >> yeah, don't just show up. do your research. on then nbc washing app, it's not just here, it's shelters across the area. >> okay >> go to the website and read the rules because it can be upsetting at the end of the day but, yes, there's a little rain in the weekend forecast, unfortunatel i think for most of the clear the shelters for people waiting in line, it should be fine and dry for the most part. rain chance mostly for the second half of the day. today, we're back in the 90s. tomorrow, the rain chae does return, late in the day. and then we have those weekend rain chance again. we'll show y that again in just a second. i do have clear the she forecast. 73 degrees in washington. 68 in gaithersburg, 68 in man

n mannasis. if you're exercising it looksod pretty 7:00 this morning, wild, mid-70s. by lunchtime,ou'll need the spf. temperatures near 90. and by the afternoon, we'll be topping out at 93 degrees. another hot day. humidity will be up this afternoon. a little higherrrto. here's future weather so we do stay dry today. now, we're going into friday until the afternoon, we'll be dry. right around 5:00 p.m. or so we should already see thunderstorms developing maybe even late night thunderstorms. and then here saturday, 10:00 in the morning, i think we'll be mainlydry. mostly cloudy. and then we'll start to see those rain chae increasing as we go slater through the day, mostly your second half of your saturday. if you're heading out to clear the shelters, have the umbrella, if you're waiting in line erear, is a line usually, depending on which shelter you're headed to you're not going to have to probably worry

about any rain. temperatures will be pretty mild. in the 80s by 11:00. andpp then 80s in the afternoon. you can head to the nbc washington app for more information on that. we sll do have a rain chance for sunday, it will be lower, though. 82 the highthere. we're going to have a pretty ortheast wind move in. so that should hold the temperatures to the low 80s and that wil nice change. next week, we have at least one day of rain before temperatures ll back to the mid-80s. the forecast coming up,leut s head to melissa some melissa to get a check of the commute. melissa.ning, >> good morning. brand-new crash, only the left lane is open here this morning. mclean, we're hearing it just wrapped up but still seeing delays on 123. inbound 123 between gw parkway and dolly madison. inner loop and outerloom of the beltway nicend clear. had that earlier work on the

beltway that is now ne. 66, going to the beltway, going 66l ironically, you get there in eight minutes. no problems, earlier work on 66 that is now clear. 301 and 5, no problems there. prince george's county looks good. >> at the live desk, we're following breaking newsre two accused of murdering k jong-un's half brother. in malaysia, they're saying there's enough evidence to move forward to a trial. there is evidence of a conspiracy between these two women. last year, jong-un half brother was standing in an airport i kuala lumpur. these two women are accused of smearing a deadly nerve gas on his face. he died within 20 minutes, aaron. >> thank you. it's 4:53, this is a

terrible way to end shopping for a car. a woman in klein crashed into the building when she hit the gas instead of the brakes.ne this hap when the driver was trying to park the car after the test drive. yououreak it, bought it. >> oh, no. good news, nobody was seriously hurt. and we can talk about it. no word if she ended up buying the car, that's the real question. >> iav guess they insurance for that kind of thing de dealership. >> i hope. a savvy 6-year-old delivers a big surprise to her parents. meet caitlin, she loves playing with bash eye dolls. caitlin's mom recently let her go on amazon to ord one barbie for her birthday but when caitlin asked to go online to check on deliveries, she did more than at, ordered more than $300 worth of toys. mom found out when the packages

farrived. st day there was about seven boxes. and they received three more. she probably ordered close to w $500th of stuff. she's not in trouble but she will be in lots of tuble if it happens again, right? >> the family is going to return the items, but decided instead to donate them to tdr ch's hospital. i love the happy ending to that story. >> that's great. >> that's cute. >> you can see she was up to no good. sheike -- >> you gave her the amazon, apparently she staid at that children's hospital as a little .id. >> oh, beautiful ♪ ♪ is that -- back flip guys doing in high-heels is what it is. six-inch heels, too. oops, throw a little twerk in that. okay. >> it's 4:55.

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the lights went out while passengers wer stillaiting to get on planes atna reagan natiol airport. we have an update on the pder our morning flight. police identify three women whose bodies were hidden in an abandoned building in d.c. for a decade. investigators say they can rule out a possible serial killer case. and d.c. metro and the white

tionali nationalists here. the union has a response. >> announcer: it's "news4 today." good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> goodmorning, i'm erika gonzalez in your eun yang. thanks for joining us. we are expecting another hot one today. >> but this are going to take a rough turn to the weekend.li a mollet has been having a look. chuck bell, sheena parveen tracking the weather. what do you guys see? >> well, this morning, we don't see too much but as we head into the weekend, we're going to see some rain approach area, but, man, it's going to be another hot day. >> kyeah, wew it was coming up. half the battle's knowing it's coming. >> and we knew which is good. we knew how long and when it will leave. >> that's right. a hot one. we made 92 yesterday at reagan national airport.