american music. >> we've lost the greatest vocalist the wor has ever known. >> reporter: in a career spanning over half a centuries, aretha franklin recorded 20 songs that reached number one on the r & b charts, including her 1967 signature anthem.♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t, find out what it means to me ♪ >> reporter:stoday, tribu are pouring in across the country from the famed apollo theater in harlem to her hometown of detroit to theolwood walk of fame. president trump calling her voe a gift from god. >> she's brought joy to millions of lives and her extraordinary legacy will thrive and inspire many generations to come. >> reporter: president obama in a statement sayind she hel define the american experience. paul mccartney tweeting let's all take a moment to give thanks for the beautiful life of aretha franklin, the queen of our souls and record producer clive davis saying in a statement i'm absolutely devastated by aretha's passing. she was truly one of aind.

franklin died in detroit surrounded by family. she had been in failing health over recent years battling pancreatic cancer. she looked noticeably frail at her last performance in november. gone now. ♪ freedom, freedom or >> rr: but never silenced. her voice and legacy will liv on forever. jay gray, nbc news, detroit. >> she was such an inspiration to other artists. those tributes are pouring in from across the spectrum thi evening. among them diana ross calling her theonrful golden spirit. carole king who co-wrote one of her biggest hits "natural woman" writing what a life, what a egacy, and among the biggest artists of today, john legend calling her the greatest vocalist. adele saying can't remember a day without aretha's voice and music filling her heart with joy

sadness. >> and former president obama writing in part, quote, in her voice we cou feel our history, all of it, and in every shade. the our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption andur hard won respect. mr. obama also shared several i photographsluding the two of them doing a fist bump and aretha franklin, of course, singing here at his first inauguration becoming one of ths highli of that day, both for her performance and for her fabulous hat. and as y saw new york's famous apollo theater also offering its condolences tonk aretha fn. she was inducted into harlem theater'salk ofame back in 20 so. franklin performed there a number of times over theyears, including the '60s when the harlem theater says she presented the grittier side of soul music. among her mostab mem appearances was back in 1971 when the marquee simply read she's home. aretha franklin was no

stranger to d.c. news 4's meagan fitzgerald continues our local coveragethow one of the choir directors who frankli often visited when she was in town. ♪ >> reporter: her songs transsended ra transsended race and nationality. aretha franklin the queen of soul was loved around the world for her v incredibleoice and timeless song. ♪ >> reporter: two of her biggest hits "see-saw" and "chain of fools." >> don't you hear chain, chain, chain. written by an r & song writer who grew up in d.c. and worked with alleg endry artists like jimi hendrix, smokey robinson and aretha franklin. >> aretha was looking for songs, a little frustrated because she wasn't getting the right material so my father happened to be walking by and he hey, i got a song for you.

♪ r-e-s-pt -c-t >>s the color in the voice. it was the w she knew how to improvise with the voice. it was the wailing on the high s notes that did. ♪ >> reporter: joyce garrett was the choir collector at eastern high school in d.c. f nearly 30 years. her students have played wanh for several celebrities and dignitaries. but aretha franklin was different. >> the first time i met aretha franklin was at a christmas in washington performance. >> reporter: that wasn the early '90s. ever sce then whenever franklin came to town, she would call garrett asking for her choir to join her on stage. >> she would say, this is aretha, and you would say oh, mm-hmm, and when i hung up, while i was talking i'd beis li s aretha franklin. >> reporter: it was unimaginable, but garrett's groups of kids was aretha franklin's choir o choice. it's an honor that means even more today becauseft just

10:00 this morning garrett saw the ws. >> my heart stopped. even knowing that she was as sick as she was. of soulter: the queen is gone, but her music and her legacy will always live on. >> there wil never be another aretha. she's going to go down in the history books. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> and our coverage continues at 5:30. we'll have a personal recollection from our mark segraves who interviewed aretha franklin when she visited here just a few years ago. calls it one of his most memorable encounters in the business so far. and probably in his >> i know. >> it's wonderful. >> her voice could fill a rzim. just a. >> there's a documentary aut a recording studio down in alabama. she was there and credite working with those musicians as

well as working with percy sledge to carve out her voice a little bit. it was a fascinating me doary. >> i saw her years ago at the kennedy center and you could nor see at person and not be on your feet. at home if you watchedou it were on your feet and soaring through the rooftop. >> so more to come. more to come. on to other news now. the fate of psident trump's former campaign chairman is now in the hands of they. six men and six women willur j decide whether manafort should tofound guilty in connection bank fraud and tax evasion charges. the jury got the case this morning and has beende berating all day. if paul manafort is convicted, he could face decades in prison. he also still faces a separate trial in connection to the special counsel's probe here in the district. the parents of the university of maryland football player who died of heat stroke earlier this summer now say head coach d.j. durkin should resign or should be fired on tuesday the university

president accepted legal andns moral resility for mcnair's death but stopped short of firing the head coach. he andthletic director d mcnair's parents promising anst ination into these espn reports that the maryland coaches had been bullying those players,nd this morning on "good morning amcnica" mair's parents made it clear they think durkin has to go. >> and the strength and conditioning coach has resigned, rick court, he resigned. the head coach durk season on administrative leave. do you think he should resign as well? >> yes, absolutely. he shouldno be able work with anybody else's kid. you don't send your kid away to college, michael. u send your kid away for college for theel to be ded into young people and that's physically, emotionally, you know, spiritually and teach our children kids or our young peop that we work so hard to

get there to say, hey, i'm giving my cld toou. keep him safe, and they did everything but that, so,ur of , he should be fired. >> besides durkin, two other members of the athletic staff are ontr adminive leave as well, and maryland's board of regents will be hding a special meeting tomorrow that could decide whether they can main with the parent. >> now to a story of bad parenting that turned into aim a father is accused of throwing is own sun into a creek to get away from police. this drama started monday evening in the downtownra urg area and ended in a nearby neighborhood. our bureau chief julie carey has the story. >> it was a drama that took residents by surprise when police surrounded thisbu str home. >> as i'm looking through the window there's a cop in my yard with a gun drive. >> reporter: a man from haymarket on the run from. poli it all started when an officer saw sunday driving through town

with his 2-year-old son in his lap. she tries to take over and when he got to e creek he tossed the little boy down the embankment and into the wyer. luckn officer was close behind hand rescued the child. >> you know, no one would have seen the child in the water. the worst case scenario the child could have drawn. >> not long after that in an apparent attempt to cover for sunday his girlfriend called police to say her child was stolen with police inside. focus kept a wch on this head house in thursday. banged on the door and said kyle, come out, come out. re they went into the attic setting up a w county canine that just happened to live across the street anday suas arrested. by that time the girlfriend and the toddler were onsc the e,

she, too, wag taken into custody for making a falls police report. >> it was terrible, and i -- recall to stand here and wamp it unfortunately and just to be re and see the arrest. >> tonight b the littleoys are in the care of his grandmother. in strasrg, julie carey, news 4. >> just awful. strasburg police used reverse 911 to get the word out when they were looking for the suspect and information that came into them helped locate him. >> still ahead a paddleboard and a strange feeling and encounter neither chesapeake bay has a local man thinking he wn bit by a shark. >> i don't know if wendy is buying that story though. she knows that terrain there. we'll see. -t>> backschool preps aren't just about the books and classrooms.

we know the changes that somere students a making to protect students fm serious food allergies. >> it was supposed to be a dreamh hse built byitat for humanity for a single mom and military veteran. on the tside it looks nice. step inside, that's a whole other story. i'm david culver in stford county. just ahead, we take you ouin. >> andnd familiar? hotter i temperatures and rain the days ahead. >> here we go. houg is in the studio with the latest. warm are we talking, doug? >> temperatures into the mid-90s and heat index closer to 100 and tracking storms off to the west. i'll let you know h thatow (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting)

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en (sound one starting) a single mom and veteran handed the keys to a brand-new dream home thanks to a well-known organization that she says turned out to be a nightmare. look at this the dirty water and foundation issues t. our reporter david culver working for you tonight. he shows us what she's asking for from the builder no >> reporte amanda hobb remembs the joy she felt when habitat for humanity agreed to build her a annew home. >> it was the best feeling i ever had other than my children. >> reporter: they buict the ste in three days, a so-called blitz build. she and her son worked with hundred of dedicated volunteers to finish the rest. he got r of last year the keys and moved into her new home. hashe door, as you can see, come apart.

i've tried to fix it, but doors are my weakness. >> reporter: in the months since moving in,he's noticed several cracks along the walls. >> so i talked to some friends at worknd they said, no, there's something wrong. i think your house is and i said i think so, too. >> reporter: habitat for humanity initially respond to takeare of the structural issues. >> they fix the the major code violation probably within a month or two. em reporter: but more pro flowed. the water, while not contaminated, turns brown and has an odor. >> it fet like you w getting in the shower or brushing your teeth with water that had beeng sitt nasty coins. ld, >> reporter: amanda still has tt bathe inhis water, but she's avoided drinking it for now. so what does she drink? take a look at this. she has stocked up on all these containers of water. when they go empty, it's too expensive to buy new once and takes the over to a friend's house and fills them up. in a statement e-mailed to news

he greater habitat for humanity stand for their workha addingthe water has been certified as safe and promising to continue working with the homeowner. >> they kind of put us in these homes and then they dump us. partnership.eal >> reporter: amanda frustrated but hopeful she can once agai call this her dream home. in stafford county,avid culver, news 4. hab to the goes on to say that, quote, homeowners purchase their homes with affordable mortgas and have the same responsibilities to maintain their homes as any other homeowner. all habitatak home buyers classes to prepare them for the journey of homeownership including training in home maintence, end quote. that crazy black out at reagan national airport was

caused by the lights in the rminal flick off. the airport does have generators, and they kicked in and providedowight and to the emergency services there and to the control tower, as you can see, and, again, power was reored just after 11:00 last night. >> residents of alexandria will soon be chilling out more than 150 senior residents who live in public housing are getting brand-new free air conditioning units for their homes. it's thanks t a partnership between dominion energy and the city. >> it feels good to know that people care, an this is a blessing to have a new one in ouho , and it's going to feel cold. >> the residents will also get assistance paying the higher electricity bills during dominion's energy share program. ♪ >> do you like our back-to-school jingle? this will make you happy. ings and see-sauce could be returning to playgrounds inlo

oun county public schools. the school board just ended its prohibition. the previousolicy had banned them. here again, swings and see-saws for fear of injuries. members found no data to back that up. so merry-go-rounds may also be making a comeback in loudoun countyplaygrounds. >> for some kids the cafeteria can be the mostanrous place for school. a look at how somere parents helping guides with apparently deadly allergies. >> food allergies aect about 6 million children which amounts to about two kids in every class. >> and we he toave a plan in place to be responsive to whatever that medical condition is. >> reporter: dr. johnson says it starts with mom or dilling out these forms and describing the allergy and how they want to proceed. >> the epipen is a way to hel

students. >> my son has a severe peanut toergy and we hav constantly be aware of what he's eating n.kindergarten and fall we'll be sending the epipen along with him, and we've started t make sure that he never ever shares food in the cafeteria, right? >> yeah. >> milk, soy, gluten, nuts, t siftinghrough labels is hard enough so a lot of schools have all by banned from homemade treats from being handed out in class. >> tonight have pties the way we used to. taking the idea of energy-free tables into accounthe for first time. arlington will serve soy butter instea of peanut butter and they will keep an eye on bullies who weaponize food and sometimes simple teasing can exercising to

smearing a kid's face with a food they know will cause a reaction. >> we want to make sur that students are in a safe and healthy environment and that's bo physically and emotionally so that true is no longer an allergy. hotter temps are in there focast. you go to is back with a look at how think ver going to drim and we'll dom back on news 4 at. 5: today editorials in exchange for a free press. >> credit,e are the questionsers, the knowing voice to accept this moment in tomb as we canee do. we to provide a place for

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al . >> right. doug. beautiful day out there. humidity, a little bit of a comebahu, >> yeah, heat index today into the mid-90s. yesterday it was hot and not too humid. today it's hot and a little more humid. tomorrow is just hot and very humid. that's the case as we make ourda way into f and then into

the weekend. a pretty good chance of showers out there, too. t talking abot in a sec. first off though, what's happening outside right now? dealing retty good and with some sunshine. had a little bit in the way of haze across the area. tempature of 89 degrees after a high temperature so far. i've seen 90 degrees and winds out of south at 13 miles per hour. sitting at 90 in a couple of locations, 91 in a culpepp leesburg. 91 baltimore and fredericksburg is 89. heat index mid-90s. even around 100 in some areas right now, and i think we get even hotter during the day tomorrow. nothing around our region currently as far as rain i concerned, but there have been showers town towards the way. they haveind of died off. more showers back towards the west. i'll show you that right here. this is a linef showers and thunderstorms coming through the pittsburgh area and west virginia. we do not expect them to impact our area though. most of us will stay dry right on through the evening hours and tomorrow a little bit of a different story. the this whole csystem, you kind of see the spin up here. the whole system moves across our region and a pretty good

chance of afternoon showers and storms tomorrow afternoon, here's future weather, tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m., no problem. i think we'll t gough the morning rush dry and get through lunch. here we are a noon a 1:00. notice more cloud cover tomorrow than we've seen out there todaye here comes scattering of showers and thunderstorms, but it's not everywhere. they are few and far between. withs why we're only going a 40% chance of those storms. saturday a different story and here's cloud cover early on saturday and more clouds espe 4ally. look a0. yeah, i think better chance just about everywhere i've seen something whether it's showers or a stronger storm or two. high temperatures in the80s as a result of cloud cover to keep temperatures down a little bit. tomorrow not much in fe way cloud cover for most of the day. more clouds than we've seen today. ho storm chances late in the day with a high temperature of 94. any storms that develop could be on thetrong side though tomorrow is not a severe weather day and, of course,ot we're calling any of the next couple of days weather alert days. that's a one day.

outdoor plans and have a plan "b" for sure. day of84 and a good cloud cover early in the day and a chance of a shower or thunderstorm late in the day and nothing too strong. monday a high o 84, and then we get another chance of showers an thunderstorms tuesday and wednesday, and then yesterday we're looking at this the saying no problem. beautiful and nice. we're still going that way now, but some of the latest data telling us that this rain shower could kind of stick in towards the late portion of next week. we hope not. right now, i love that word nice. any time you in the summertime. low 80s and overnightow temperatures in the 60s. that would be quite nice if we could make thatm happen. working on it. >> thanks, doug. she was the preacher's daughter and first woman inducted into the rock 'n' ro hall of fame. up next, the legacy of aretha anklin here in our area. >> and new security changes near the white house. where you won't be abl

back now at 5:30 with our top story d thth of the music icon aretha franklin who passed away at the age of f 76m pancreatic cancer. >> franklin gotta her as a gospel singer, but she went on to become t undisputed queen of soul with a career spanning more than 60 years. along the way she earned 18 grammys and became the first woman to be inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fa in clevelan

>> aretha franklin was an international star and she had a real connection here in our area. >> boy, did she. news 4'seg markves had an opportunity, a blessing, if you will, to interview the queen of soul when she appeared here just a few years ag >> what was that like? >> a constitution hall back in her dressing room, one of the most memorable interviews i've done, not because it was aretha franklin, icon of music sitting across from me. it was 90 degrees in her dress room, and i'm not exaggerating.h sweat was pouring off from as we and my camera m sat in there. she explained and apologized and said she had a throat condition and could not be in cold rooms in the winter in d.c. apologized, kept it very room and the sweatd pouff of all of us through the entire interview and the other thing that made it so great, the recall and memory of her early days in weese a a teenager playing these early gigs coming

up after just leaving detroit. so crisp. remembered the locations and so much about d.c. and t i remember about it. that's what i remember about her. >> always wonderful coming back. i love d.c. and i rlly, really do. i started here when i was 16 or 17 in am little r called the bohemian tap room. it was downstairs. a lot of jazz going on in that room, and then i went to wha c waled the casino royale and all the way downtown, the go-go girl each side of the stage and that kind of thing, and then i've o comer the years for different administrations which has just beenl, wonder and this is always wonderful coming back, and i like to run on the mall, too. >> reporter: she loved d.c. and had great memories. >> didn't look like she was sweating as much as you were sweating. >> that was ners. >> a little bit of nerves but kept it hot in theoo dressing

and so gracious and her recall was so great about the early days of bohemian cavern. >> we love thatta place. us back. many people know that your ather was a well-known music critic for "the washington star" and he actually met h many times over the years. >> dad reviewed many of the early shows including the shows at the bohemian cavern and in 1966 you're seeing his review up on the screen right there. what he h noted abo back in 1966 was how she had this command of the room and a v beautifuce and he really focused on her piano playing. really impressed she would come in. just aretha. she would come in and sit down at the piano. emergency aretha franklin with go-go dance the casino royale went on to be one of the most infamous strip clubs in washington, d.c. down on 14th street, but in the early '40s,'50s and '60s it was a hot spot for jazz and peopl like ella fitzgerald and aretha franklin and, you know, she had a cousinen who to duke

ellington school of the arts so she's had family who lived here in washington, too, and had a real strong connection. >> and how nice that the memories allow and take usack to the history of the up to itself. >> yeah. >> and remind us of what was here befor wewere. >> thanks so much, mark, for sharing your insights. appreciate it. >> so cool to see your dad's columns. >> great memories. thank you, mark. > and for more on aretha franklin's life an legacy, open up our nbc washington app. we've put together a photo gallery with iconic images from her life, and we have a oftimele er appearances here in the washington area. and only on news 4, the u.st seervice is replacing nearly one-third of a mile of security barriers outside the white house, and in doing so making c itar that e street on the south side of the white house will remain closed indefinitely. as scott macfarlane reports, fos security chare coming. scott? >> reporter: yeah, wendy. one change will be made thisll the others will be somewhat delayed.

first, the changes happening. a work order s from theret service obtained by news 4 says, quote, based on the curthnt at environment e street will remain closed to cars for the foreseeable future. in the meantime, they want to replace the ermous row of jersey barriers and fencing neah the house ellipse. we obtained the sketches that show the design. the secret service say theie ba currently in place were not intended for long-term use. work on that could begin next month. meantime, the secret service on national park service are still pl a larger security overhaul in the white house tallerincluding a new white house fence and new gates. the public records show that project has now hit a delay. a ptilic m to discuss the project was scheduled to happen by june 21st. today we were told the meeting hasn't happened yet, but rest of the project's timeline is unclea the feds have been under pressure to bolster security at the white house after a quick success of fence-jumpings and breach attempts there. in one case in 2014 a fence

jumper made it all the way to the east room of the white house before he was in the newsroom, scott macfarlane, news 4. >> scott, thank u. aroup of metro union workers is calling for the agency chief to be fireddlver the hang of last weekend's wise supremacist rally. the union says the gm paul defeld lied about the unite the right event. hescorted them to a rear rail car and rode with them from vienna to d.c. metro says the officers were there to prevent confrontation, and they say the train made all scheduled stops with normal riders in other rail cars. plans for thepresident's military parade later this year, they are shaping up. it on. just ahead, the huge price tag taxpayers could be stuck with. plus, mixed results from miewvans and n crash tests. our susan hogan will join us with the popular cars that are getting a passing grade.

stay with us. and here's your rain outlook for auesday. you can see tomorrow, saturday and sunday we do have scattered shers and thunderstorms i the forecast. however, it's not looking like a lashout at all. doug and i w have the latest timing and impacts, especially taking a closer

$92 million, that's how much president trump's military parade through the natn's capital is now expected to cost.

a defense official with th fid knowledge told cnbc that the revised prize tag is sinificantly higher t the original estimate which was about 12 million. amo the costs, security, a flyover, bringing all that equipmennk the the armored vehicles and the temporary duty troops into town. the parade is currently scheduled for november 10th. that's the day before veterans day.ds a hp tonight. if you drive a minivan new crash test results are out on some o the most popular minivans out on the roads, and not everyone is making the grade. our consumer reporter susan hogan has the results and what you need to know to protect your family. well, the insurance institute for highway safety just tested the 2018 and 2019 models of the toyota hesienna, t chrysler pacifica and the honda odyssey. the latest ratings are for the passenger side small overlap tests which really mimics what would happen if the front corner

of your car hits another object. researchers say they didn't find any issues with seat belts or air bags in any of the minivans, but there were concerns with the stcture of the toyota sienna. they think they crumpled aroed est dummy's legs posing a real risk and because the sienna was given a m the test.ing in the chrysler pacifica earned an acceptable rating, and the honda odyssey a good the pacifica and odyssey were also named 2018 top safety fix. researchers also tested the child safety seats last systems and several 2018an min the ratings are based on ease of use criteria that haveow been to minimize the stakes and the installation. the odyssey earned a good plu rating. the dodge grand caravan, ts sedona rated acceptable and the pacifica marginal.

we have linll to these crash test ratings on our nbc washington app. test.earch crash back to you. >> now, it's important to note that those latch stem ratings don't have any bearing on safety. they indicate how easy it iso achieve a correct and tightst inallation of a car seat. >> a local guy on a paddleboard taking an evening ride just off the chess people bay endswi up blood in the water and a big question. >> the encounter that's got him king was this -- was he just bitten by a shark? >> all i saw is after it grabbed myler, i saw something around and didn't even know what it was at the time and i walked out and saw the teeth marks. >> newspapers across the country are banding together to defend the role of a free press today. >> here's another quote now from the editorial pages today, this one from "the baltimore sun." quote, we ultimately feel the need to point out tha a free press is critical to a properly functioning america.

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marsh creterday when he said he felt something hit his leg and then he s blood. now news m4'sark segraves reports biologists are trying to figure out just what it was. yesterday just about dinner timer feeding time for some chris bowen took his pat board out here on white marsh creek, the scenic waterway thatec co to the road river and the chesapeake bay. >> so where exactly did it happen? >> right there, about -- probably about 10 feet out from the beach. >> what happened left in bite mark on his leg. >> felt something onndy leg b walked w it was it out of the water and saw the blood running down m leg. >> reporter: he didn't see the culprit but thinks it's a shark. >> after i saw him grab my leg, saw something flipping around and walked out and saw the teeth marks. >> reporter: he called the maryland department of natural resources who sent this picture to its biologist to see just

what happened tried to take a chunk out of the pad boarder's league but the pad bothered says the picture is conclusiveut janine long will keep her dogs out of the water for a tile. >> alm unbelievable, but the biteoe sure say possibly a shark. i wouldn't have believed it if somebody had told me they saw a shark down here >>ever. this is our sanctuary. s reporter: while these g won't be getting back in the water. >> yeah, i'm going to come back out tonight. >> i'll be out here tonight. >> doesn't dissuade you at all. >> what's the chance it will happen tonight? >> along the banks of white marsh creek. mark segraves, news 4. >> looik a dog bite. >> that's all we talked about all day. i thought it was a stingray stale hit him or something because we have stingrays in those waters. >> a spokesperson for natural resources police tell usost modern day shark sightings happen near st. mary's county

tangier sound. >> but there have been historical sightings of sharks but it would have been a teeny shark. >> not a great white, a shark with an overbite because as we've noticed there's no like mark underneath. >> go figure. >> an old shark. >> okayor >> this is int. if you're planning to adopt a dog during saturday's clear the wshelter andre clearing the shelters this saturday, but you're not sure what breedswoou d like, we've got help for you. how about making it a mutt. look at this i go. this is a look at many so of the mixedreeds that will be available. sweet. nbc 4 is teaming up with the locaro shelters hout our area to offer free or highly discount adoptionfees. can you search clear the shelters in the nbc washington app to look at more of the animals available. i'll be at the alexandri spca so it's a good time to adopt a dog, a cat, a bird, a ferret, clear the shelters.

>> must atts are the best. >> a little bit of this, a little bit of that. >> all right. >> the redskins. >> fires downfield and the catch is made by simms, the undrafted rookie out of alabama with a big play. he gains 57 yards. >> his big catch against the ee patriots last one of the redskins highlights of the preseason so far. >> cam simms hasis eyes on the prize while trying to make his grandmother's vision become a reality. sherree burruss joins us from fedex field to tell us about that. >> well, wendy and jim, we'reo hoping see wide receiver cam simms make more of those big plays here tonight against the jets. simms is aeasy guyo root for. he's a rookie, undrafted out of abama and tryingo make this redskins final roster but already he is fulfilling h. family dre >> you can see --'s s like my

guardian angel. i mean, like, she -- it's going to make me cry. but she raised me. she taughte right from wrong. >> it may be five yea since cam's grandmother, his biggestt suppr and fan, passed away, bu it's clear she's still very much with him. >> you guys talk about wanting to make it to the nfl? it's so crazy, like right before she passed away that week. sh kind of going in and out and everybody was like trying to get me to go up there and i didn't want to go to high school and see her like that becse she's so strong. i went and she was just like i got the dream t you're going to make it to the n and stuff like that, and then the next day she passed away. >> do you think about her when you're taking the field every day? >> like you're hear. >> i pray to her every day, pray to god and her every day. >> what do you think w sheould say to you seeing you out here? >> just happy for me. beg happy for me seeing her

little boy out here. >> honey was the nickname that they used with each other. simms hadhe 57-yard catch against the patriots. maybe he can find the end zone in his first game here ftedex field. back to you. >> thanks, sherree. we'll see you later at 6:00. >> let's get a check of our forecast. it was still a little warm out there tay and a little humid and it's just thatean it's august. >> good forecast for the game. heading out there, on the warm side. re humid today than it was yesterday. tomorrow a little bit more humid than it was tod m. thns hot and humid conditions persist right on towards the end of the week. out there right now, we're looking at mosy clear skies and sunshine and high temperatures today around 90 degrees for most areas. 89 and down to 87 next hour and 80y degrees 21 is being. take most of the night if not the entire nightn not much the way of rain. however, we've seen a couple of showers back to the rest. the rain right now.

heat indices, 99 quantico and 97 in d.c., even though the temperature came down one degree. the heat index went back up because of the nice southerly wind. morrow the heat index will be right around 100 for everybody. storms not arod ouregion. back to the west, we have seen a few down towardstharts o shenandoah vale but not seeing those right now. what i am expecting is a better ance of showers and storms tomorrow afternoon. 75 tomorrow morning hand warm and very humid and dry at noon, so if you're thinkingbout getting lunch outdoors, can you walk there but you probably want to eat air conditioning will be a big thing. hot and humid and the heat index 1ose to by 3:00 in the afternoon and the chance of storms comes after about 5, 5, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow night. right now we're going with a 40% chance of thunderstorms on your friday so not a trerible st here but just something to watch out for. amelia is talking more about the heat and humidity getting out into the garden. >> tomorro is going to be a good day to get out in your garden. as you heard doug say most of

bee day is going t dry. the chance for thunderstorms really starts to move in during the evening hou. now the experts at merryfield garden center tell us many plani ases are cause bid minor damage and can be left untreated. before y apply pesticides and take them into your garden center for diagnosis. if you're getting out over the weekend, not a washout. plenty of dry time and here's the current weekend forecast. 87 for a hh on saturda and 84 on sunday. saturday starts off dry and evea the midda early afternoon hours are looking dry. as we move to the mid to late afternoon hours on saturday, we start to track some scattered showers and thunderstorms, a then ere's the chance for some showers and thunderstorms out there on sunday. otrwise partly to mostly cloudy skies out there this weekend. again, it's not a washout, but it is looking like a humid weekend with storm potentially both days out there. so the outdoor parties, i uldn't cancel them just yet, but you definitely want that backup plan in pla to be able to move indoors or get the tent. yard work, best saturday mornire when w looking at dry conditions, but it will be humid

out there. i would hold off on car washed with the weekend forecast and then the chance for some more thunderstormsek next on tuesday and wednesday. doug, this is one of those forecasts where as we continue event new information in, though we're kind of close to the weekend, we'll update the forecast tomorrow and really refine the timing especially on sunday because it's been a kend y forecast all w long. >> that's why we said last any nd, don't cancel outdoor plans. still tracking the storms. best chance on saturday with a high of 87 and 84 on sunday. 40% chance of showers or storms. mostly i-95 eastward. month another chance both tuesday and wednesday. one thing for sure. i don't see much in the way of severe weather. can't rule it out on saturday, an isolated severe storm tomorrow, and for the most part we're just talking a typical afternoon showers and storms and next week right now looking nice and that's something we're tracking for you, too. doug, thank you. >> georgetown has some new grad

students that kind of are different. ah, they are. >> and you might even call them a triple threat. >> coming up at 5:00, we'll introduce you to the boys who have an unbreakable bond. >> it's definitely special. we wouldn't trade it for anything. probably our greatest strength. >>be as fans continue to rem the queen of sole, we went into the archives to find one of aretha asfranklin's interviews on news 4. >> she talks about her life, her legacynd that hat that captured international attention at president obama's inauguration. our barbaha harrison s tt sthaor

etgeorgetown has sng you don't see every day. identical triplets who are set to pursue a masters degree in economics, all three of them. the trioas already mastered the art of duplication. >> reporter: no, your eyes aren't playing tricks onat you. th really three of the same sneaker, three of the same shorts on three different brothers. nicholas, zachary and benjaminb . if you're having trouble tell these triplets apart, well, that's how ty like it. >> being triplets is definitely special. we wouldn't trade it for anything. 's probably our greatest strength. >> we always have two people next to you, no matter what, in class, at home, whenever you want to share something or

anything. >> we aren't just brother but probably best friends. >> reporter: friends who go to the same barber and get the samt haircut, wea same watch and live in the same townhouse. they have been like this since they were little. >> we drove to school together, shared a car. we eat our meals together and most importantly probably we study together. >> we don't argue, not anything long term so we're always there for each other. >> reporter: now they are rstting their maste degree at georgetown university. they try to share everything with eac other, including screen time. >> it seems very humbling. >> can i answer some questions now? >> they have been going on and on. that kind of competition, it makes things fun somet wes because ld be boring if you didn't have that. >> reporter: the brothers know they will have to split up some day, but that day is not today. >> she's probably stressing about a future andtianting to what's right in front of you so we try to take each day at a time and focus o what we're doing right now and hopefully that will always work out. >> in gegewn, aimee cho, news 4. >> they receed their undergrad

degree from unc chapel hill hand their great grandfather was also aou triplet. i say that runs in the family. >> in the dna. >> yes, thank you, wendy. >> back t wyou guys. >>e begin our 6:00 hour with the tributes to the queen of soul, aretha franklin. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t, fin out what it means to me ♪ >> today we lost the greatest vocalist that the world haskn er n. > there will never be another aretha she was amazing known for the thrill of her voice and truth of her emotions.ar ha franklin was one of the most acclaimed singers of our team. the uly one of a kind of queen of soul died today of pancreatic cancer. she was . >> but her legacy lives on in her music. right now five of the ten songs on itunes are from the soul singer as the tributes pour in from her home i detroit all the way to d.c. >> we begin our coverage this

evening with nbc's marc barger. >> the queen of soul. a disc jockeyestowed that nickname on aretha franklin, and it stuck ♪ feels like a natural woman >> reporter: through a musical reign that has few rivals. ♪ >> reporter: in a career spanning more than 50 years franklin recorded 40 albums, and she put 45 songs on the top 40 charts, more than any other female artist ever. one song became her signature. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t find out what it means to me ♪ >> that t chartper was not only her first number one hit but the recording association of america named it one of the top five songs of the 20th century. >> that's incredible. >> out of all of this music, i could have fallen over on the floor, pushed