through the streets of d.c. and virginia. it is k67 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff in for eun yang. so glad you can join us to kick ekoff your work it's also a big week for many of the little boys and girls because d.c., a lot of kids there starting school today. >> same thing for kids inrg ia today. clark county and loudoun county starting later in the week. >> the biggest part of getting the school year started, what oe you going wear? how are you going to get there. melissa watching the roa this morning. we want to begin with you, chuck and sheena, for a look at the forecast. >> there willpse raindo be dealt with, especially for the southern half of the d. v. ewing area. keep that in mind. the song i'm throwing out to the kids "bye, bye, bye."

see you next summer. >>ain on the radar for some of you heading back to school. we've been watching around ther frsburg area, we've been having steady rain through the morng, up through95, quantico, woodbridge. now we have showers developing just off to the west there near fairfax. we're also seeing showe developing near front royal. temperatures in the low 70s and upper 60s. so a pleasant start as we go through the day, we'll talk about your dog walking forecast coming up. as the kids head to the bus stop, it doesn't feel too bad. make sure they have an umblla for forecast. over to melissa to see how the commute is looking on this monday. >> chopper 4 sho real lowdown, this sinner loop at georgia avenue. folks trying to get onto the beltway, the delays are starting

to stretch here this morning, inner look and oer loop impacted by this here. we'll keep an eye on that. the rest of the beltway actually looking pretty good. member, all of these green splotches are radar, showing you where rain is falling across the area. in germantown, 118 at erwi, a crash there. that's cleared out of the way. it's dry up there right now.ou nort 95 in virginia before stafford here this morning, righ now we still have the right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. that is slowing things down. 19woodbridge, northbound the ramp to 123, the ramp is still blocked by the locrash. of green here showing us we do have rain falling around town. we'llutalk more a that problem, top of the beltway here with live pictures from choer 4oming up in just a minute. aaron? >> thank you, melissa, 6:02. five d.c. children waking up on this first day of school without hos.

this is video from the 1300 block of north capital street a between flori new york avenue. you can see large flames coming from the rooftop here overnight. the red cross was called in to help. no word on what may have caused the fire. the lazy days of summer are over f o thousands kids in our area. >> justin finch is w liveh what kids can look forward to on this first day back. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. back in the classroom myself at bancroft elementary school, one of their new classrooms. the pencils are here sharpened, ready to go, crayons, too. those are things you might ecognize from your time in school. i'm joined by principal arthu mola looking at this smart board. that's a new thing for a lot of schools these ecys. >> corrt. every classroom is fitted with a

smart board. we use a lot of blended learning as part of our instruction. cs, thisssroom- we're inside senior luka's math classroom. itou speaks ly to the investment of the mayor's office toro impng d.c. public schools an just educational outcomes in general. >> i do want to take a look around here. i think as viewers at home see this room, it almost has the look of a google work space or facebook. but this is a place where children learn. i'm zeeingeclining seats, bean bags, a water fountain in the corner. these are convenice yous any f ioudeand wha t makeshe classroom better with hav g these comforts in here? >> sure. one thing that we're emphasizing is social and emotionalng lear if i was a child, this would be a classroom that would be fun to be in. i know it's a little dark

outside at thisime of day, but if it was daytime, you would see rock creek park right outside our window, just to add more to the experience of what learning at bran croft will feel like this year. >> he at bancroft, 600 students this year? >> correct.to y we have 575 enrolled. we've exceeded our enrollment numbers. >> thank you for your time. a look i a very modern class at bancroft. coming up at 6:45, we're taking you outside for a surprise that bancroft is offering. back to you in the studio. >> i like that tease, justin. thank you so mu. 6:05 right now. developing this morning, for those of you traveling, we have an alert if you plan on taking . amtr there could be residual delays because of a fire that happened near the tracksyesterday. service was suspended in philadelphia for a few hours. right now two out of four tracks

are open. alsotoday, watch thatead food on route 1. the speed limit is reduced between slaters lane to four mile run, going from 35 miles an hour to 25. officials say it's for safety reasons, an effort to reduce traffic deaths in the city by 2028. dramatic video from a commuter bus fire inrs new je. chris lawrence at the live desk with that. >> a computer bus caught fire, went up in flames sunday night near a highway construction project in new jersey. as firefighters workedo put i out, the incident forced traffic to a crawl. good thing, the passengers got off okay without any injuries. as crews work to clean up the charred mess, this is video shot that shows the huge flames shooting out of t bus. yu can hear some of the sirens blaring in the back ground. coguters have been suffer some of the worst delays in

years as crews try to connect avaya duct. the bus fire only added to that. at the live desk, chris lawrence news this caused pretty bad traffic disruptions in d.c. and northe virginia atv and dirt back riders zipping threw the s. this large group could be seen popping wheelies, weaving in and out of traffic. i saw se of this in the onsouthwest waterfrt last night. atvs are illegal in the district and t are is also no-chase policy, so police couldn't go after them.ol arlington pe say they made no arrestst in t county either. 6:07. we have new details about the deadly plane crash in carroll county, maryland. the ntsb learned that the ultra ligh planerashed shortly after takeoff, landing in the

soy bean field around 11:00 in the morning saturday. the pilot and another man on board died. the ntsb does not know why the planecrashed. a preliminary report is expected in the next few weeks. d.c. police looking to find the person who shot and killed a man on southern avenue southeasterly yesterdayrn mog. the victim is identified as keith douglas. he died at the hospital. police say this was th i99th homici the district this year. a 15-year-old is recovering from a gunshot wound morning. the teenage boy was shot ked avenue at 45th and pond street near kenilworth avenue. no word on a potential suspect or motive. university of maryland's football ssson starts in l than two weeks. the school hopes a special meeting this past weekendd addresoncerns about the program. on saturday the athletic staff, current players, parents and the university's president wallace lobe gathered at the field.

the head coach was not there and remains on offensive lineman. jord mcnair died in june, reportedlyuffering a heat stroke in practice. the board of regents announced an investigation into that reincident and the c culture of the university's program. >> it's a gdual process and we hope things will be well in the future >> parents we talked to say they support coach durkin but they will also support the outcome of the investigation. today in acalexandria, to work for the jury in the paul manafort trial. he faces 18 countsf tax fraud, bank fraud and failure to disclose foreign bank accounts. the jy deliberated two days last week, asking the judge a few questions, including the definition of reasonable doubt. the case is part of the special counsel's russia investigation. next month manafort will go on trial in d. for separate charges. manafort and accused russian

agent maria butina areeing ld in the same jail. prosecutors say bina was tied to the creme land yused sex and lies to makes. connections and tried to infiltrate american political organizations like the nra. she has paded not guilty. 6:10 right now. president trump has ramped up his attack on the investigation being led by special counsel robert mueller. "the new york times" reported white house counsel don mcgahn answered questions for 30 hours. the president fired back saying the report made it seem like mcgahn turned on him, but he allowed him to be interviewed. also yesterday on "meet the press" president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani dgued the president sho delay a sit-down with mueller. >> look, i'm not going to bent rushed having him testify so he gets trapped into perjury.

when you tell me that he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't' worry, t so silly, because it's sboi's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a -- t th is truth. i don't mean to go -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. the president of the united states says i didn't -- >> truth isn't truth? mr. mayor, do you realize -- this is going toom b a bad meme. >> don't do this to me. >> don't d "truth isn't truth" to me. also former cia director john brennan appeared on "meet the press." he said he's considering legal action over president trump revoking his security clearance. 6:11 right now. the queen of soul's best-selling record was a gospel record. this sunday aretha franklin's home church let the world know how much they will miss her. probably a lot of pet adjusting to their new forever homes this morning. he 4 and you helped clear shelters this weekend. we have a recap of the

successful event and all the numbers. stay with us. good morning everybody. there are indeed raindrops here for the southern half of the d.c. metro area. a few sprinkles moving into parts of southern montgomery county. back tochool for a lot of kids. don't forget to pack the little umbrella t are rain chances for today. are rain chances for today. more about

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aretha franklin's roots were in gos music and her home church is honoring her legacy. >> yesterday the new bethel

church dedicated the service to the queen of soul. franklin's long-time friend reverend jesse jackson shared a moment before she passed.n >> she had b out of it for several days. she opened her eyes quickly and embraced my arm. we began to >> franklin's family announced there will be a four-day ti celebration st august 28th. her body will lie in repose for the public toay their respects. the funeral and burial will be private. > smoke from the three huge wildfires out west in made its way here to the east cost. it's been carriedorthan 3,000 miles in the jet stream. here is a look at the intense fires and flames burning. hameteorologist told "the washington post" some people in the area could smell the smoke from california.

the paper said there was actually aua airty alert put out. some of the precipitation and cooler tempetures cleared ings out for us here in the immediate washington area. 6:17. highly anticipated movie "crazy rich asians" is the biggest romantic comedy opening since 2015 and the first studio film in more than 25 years to feature a nearly all asian-american cast. happening toy, you can celebrate one of the best chinese restaurants in america while helping military families at the same time. the peking gourmet inn is famous for its ducks k and wellwn patron. george w. bush and his wife barbara were frequent guests alongith world leaders,

celebrity. general e.hwarzkopf th today the restaurant isg celebrats 0th 40th anniversary. they'll donate 20% of all sales to military families and veterans. the trd generation restaurant owner is a march reern and combat veteran who actually st reen after 9/11. military service is huge for them. if you go into this place, the walls tell the story. you see the coi there, you see so many pictures of militaryls genend servicemen and women who have co r. itds like a congressional record when you look inside the reservation sheena, hey. >> hi, guys. >> how is it going? >> we had a great weekend with clear the shelters. a lot of people at home with their nro pets pbably wondering is the weather going to be good. the clouds are out there morning. it feels good, we're also talking about rain on the radar. a lot of people heading back to school today, too.

a lot of kids maybe heading to the bus stop.we we have s around for some of you to be aware of as you're going to step outse. out fredricksburg, near wood brej, some rainfall there,ng tro move into parts of d.c. if we look off to theest between about d.c. and front royal, across 81, we have developing showers there, too, spotty, scattered in nature. u might run into some of those if you're driving along 66 this morning. temperatures in about the low 70s, upper 60s for frederick and clinton. emperatures are very comfortable. as the kids head to the bus stop, make sure they have a small umbrella, a rain coat with them by recess. looking at mostly cloud skies, maybe a couple of showers, but washouts.urs or if you're walking the dog this weekend, that's buddy, you can

find him at the prince george's county spca. by the noon hour, nice and mfortable for a longwalk, mainly cloudy, but a chance of a shower later this afternoon. now, asiderom today's very small rain chance this afternoon, ande as s from what we're talking about this morning, tomorrow afternoon and ouevening, we see strong to severe storms roll in. tomorrow we'll have a weather alert day. temperatures in the mid 80s, could see damaging winds and strong toe sever storms tomorrow. humidity starts dropping tomorrow, beautiful forecast. let's check on the commute with melissa. >> inner loop at georgia avenue, the crash is on the right avde. we major delays, about a two-mile backupnd inner loop on the outer loop about five miles. some is typical. brad is over it. tell me whatin you're s as far as the delays. >> definitely a lot of progress in the last few minutes. we have the right lane reopened

at georgia avenue. at one point it had both the entranceo ramp get on the we have bumper-to-bumper delays through silver string. majorro delays the southbound side of 95 to get onto the outer loop. hopefully this will clear up this morning. melissa, you were telli me something about 270. what's going on there? >> that's right. taking a look at a crash in the left lane, seeing slowdowns there as well. northbound95 before stafford still has delays from an earlier disabled vehicle this morning. woodbridge, northbound 195 ramp blocked by the crash. all the green on the screen, radar showing you where there's rain this morning. inbound 66, fairfax county parkwa to the beltway, typical delays there, 95 northbound, same situation. as we take a look at travel times in maryland, 270 looks good. top of the beltway, outer loop,

95 to 270, those delays we just saw. listen to

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welcome back at 6:24.he getting kids to school can get complicated. life is much easier when the kids can walk or bike themselve school. >> news 4's chris lawrence is in the news room with more on this. >>y a question wife and i have been asking. how old do they have to be? ywe're working for to find

out what your kids need to know before you send them out on their own.tr >> it's tougng to determine the right age to let your kids walk or bike to school. when it comejoto her boys, an park says a lot depends other kids whd live nearby. >> he's walking with frien , probably going just to school or home, second or third home. >> reporter: police say that's a alking e to start a school bus where one mom or dad picks up multiple kids. >> you have one neighborhood where one parent takes it on monday or ands and then one on tuesdays and thursdays and one does on friday. >> when the kids are 9 or 10 years old, they may be ready to go it alone. >> at that point they understand safety, stranger danger, things like that. >> reporter: she tells parents walk the route with your kids >> the parents know that path, they've walked i dwith them. hacussed certain areas of concern. r

orter: if a driver pulls up asking for directions, don't engage. >> i always tell my daughter. you're a child, helping another child is okay. an adult typically should not be asking a child for help or assistance. >> reporter: on them, what should they say? >> i think get back, you're not my dad and that whole it mental-- >> reporter: remember riding a bike through rush hourffic is a lot different than the bike trail. in i would say if they're to be crossing the street, they need to get off the bike and walk the bike across the seet. >> reporter: the goal is getting to school on time and in one piece. >> that was chris lawrence reporting there. later this morning, the news 4 kteam takes a l at a dangerous driving near schools. nd we're talking about drivers who go too fast, diracted and some that aren't putting themselves in seatbelts. the i-team takes a look atow

police are cracking down and keeping you safe. in the nextoming up half hour >> also ahead this mning, after being accused of covering up the abuse of children in pittsburgh, d.c.'s cardinal wuerl meets with his council of priests. we'll have the details. chuck 1234. >> we've had a few rumbles o thunder. those are fading away. we'llnd up with breaks of sunshine later today, staying below 90 degrees. we're in weather alert mode tomorrow afternoon. could have strong t ynderstor onourms you know 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 them for less. at ross. yes for less.

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who does need to worry about it? most of our viewers towardsfr ricksburg and stafford. i think our severe weather threat peaks tomorrow afternoon. there have been rairops in clark, warren counties, manassas towards falls church and alexandria. also into parts of charles county. nothing all that heavy rw.ht temperatures are also comfortable and we'll be getting a break for thiull week here. temperatures will be at or below average all week long. in the 60s and 70s. daytime highs for the kids that have to go back to school, highs today only around 82 degrees. sheena will talk more about that severe weather threat tomorrow. for now, let's go to melissa. >> good morning. first 4 tra alert top of the beltway. inner loop at georgia avenue is where the crash was. that has cleared, but still see about a one-mile backup.

chopper 4 showing the outer loop here near 95. we're pretty slowhrough the area still, even though the crash onhe inner loop is gone rest of the beltway looks good. all that green showing the radar, where it is raining across the area this morning. we have a lot of spots that are slow there. urbana southbound 270 at 80, crash in the left lane. the rain not helpingthat. 95 in virginia, northbound before stafford looking a lot better than it was. this has loosened up quite a bit. 6:32 this moing. aring engines took over parts of the district and northern virginia. >> yes drday illegt bikes and atvs were seentr causing fic disruptions. one rider even crashed. news 4's nicole jacobs joins us live from georgetown with why police weren't able to stop them in d.c. nicole? >> aaron and angie, you can imagine the spectacle made when dozens and dozens of atvs and

dirt bikes take you over a city street. so many cameras captured this scene over the weekend, from georgetown to logan circle, all the way into arlington, satv and dirt bikes were speeding, popping wheelies, weaving through traffic. one atv crashednto a light pole in northeast d.c. police were able to i'm bound that one. that's the only action they were a able to take so farsecause ther no-chase policy in d.c. it did stop many motorists and pedestrians right in tracks. >> we actually ran into them twice tonight. ce was on another major artery, and theyit defy caused disruption in the local traffic. i was scared for some of the other drivers. if i was in that traffic, i

wouldn't know what to do. >> reporter:ats and dirt bikes are illegal on city streets in the district. again, because of the no-chase r policy, they't able to g after those riders. at this point no arrests have be made. aaron and angie, back to you. >> thank you, nicole. breaking news now. five children and six s are waking up without homes after this large fire overnight. the an see the flames on rooftop here. this is the 1300 block of north capital street northwest between florida and nfi york avenues. officials say the red cross is helping the displaced families now. no word on what start the fire. here are some of the other top stories we're following at 34, the jury in the paul manafort trial will be back for a third day of deliberations. president trump's forme campaign chairman facing 18 counts of tax and bank fraud. last week the jury did have a question for the judg including the definition of reasonable doubt. investigators with the ntsb identified the two men killed in

the weekend plane crash in krairl county. 62-year-d michael kilpatrick and 56-year-old robert johnson hedied when tir plane went down about 11:00 saturday morning. the investigation into the at thel program university of maryland continues this morning. the school's board of regents annvunced z the itigation last week, this after a player, jordan mcnair died in june, the result of a suspected heat stroke. more strong earthquakes hit indonesia this weekend. at least a dozen people were . kill this is the latest of a series that hit the island. a quake earli this mon killed hundreds of people. nchts at 6:35, disgraced former sports doctor larry nassar has been moved to a different federal prison. he was being held in tucson, but now he's in oklahoma city. nassar was assaultedony fellow prs there. he's not only serving time for

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with a rifle. 40 right now. cooler temperatures overnight. >> we're seeing rain around the beltway, but mainly south and west across 66. kids heading backhoo . showers around for the bus stop. coat ure they have a rain or small umbrella. later today, a slight chance for a shower. chuck will have the full forecast, eton some storms rrow coming up. >> take a look at slowdowns on the beltway, a problem on 95 in virginia and270 in maryland. plus your travel times coming up. firing back. former cia director john bre responds to president trump's decision to strip him of h decision to strip him of h secuisri

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former cia director john brennan slamming president trump weekend. this less than a week after the white house announcedt wil strip him of his security clearance. >> not only the words from

brennan the white house will have to contend with but the russia probe. white house counsel don mcgahn, that report set off a fury of tweets from president trump. >> he gave his permission for mcgahn to cooperate and h has thing to hide. nbc's kristen welker with the latest developments from the white house. >> reporter: gd morning. according to "the new york times," don mcgahn interviewed with the special counsel reportedly providing new information. the president has responded to that report, as you managed, tweeting, "the new york times" rote a story that made it seem like the white house counsel turned on the president when, in fact, it's just the posite. yesterday his attorney rudy giuliani told chuck todd the president encouraged mcgahn to testify. ill to be determined, will the president sit down for an

interview with robert mueller. giuliani seemed to indicate that is looking less likely byhe day, arguing the special counsel is setting mr. trump up for what he called a perjury trap. also this morning, a separate ent's about the pres former lawyer and fixer michael cohen now being investigated for bank fraud. we'll have more on all of that coming up on "today." angie and aaron, back to you guys. kristen.s, so long summer. some kids in d.c. are among thousands headi back to class today. >> that's right. news 4's justin finch is live i northwest showing us some really cool stf, some renovations that will welcome these kids at bancroft elementary school. good morning, justin. >> angie, good morning. we asked for permission to come tside and show you a few more things as well. take a look at the soccer field as you can see, it's prisanne, br new, nopt yet used. right behind that, the brand new addition here to bancroft

elementary, their cafeteria overlooking the field, a nice sittingarea. also you have that right next oo thiser part of the school, showing a bit of the history and the oldnd new tha have come together here at bancroft elemen ry. right up the street here we have our principal here,r mola will show us t ahehurt communit garden that will serve the community and others here in the area as well. mr. mola, this mustn also be exciting part of the campus for everyone here at bancroft. >> absolutely. this is part of our gardening program at bancroft, notfoust the community, but our students as well. led by our fabulous ms. bartlett. one thing folks may not know, when first lady oba announced the let's move initiative, one of the launching pads wasnc roft and the gardening program. we're excited to have that back as part of ourew building. i can see in just a little while

these planter boxes will be robust with differentegetation in them. >> i have to imagine when students get their hands in the dirt and see what the plant grow, they're excited to learn and check on them as well. >> absolutely. onehing that gardening offers to the educational program is the ability to learn about livingrganisms and watching it grow and nurturing it. so, yes, that's a very important part of the educationalen expe that kids get here at bancroft. hanks so much. again, close to 600 students set to start their school year hoor at bancroft elementary. a lot of great stuff inside. cosi things o as well. live in northwest, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> a lot for those folk to l forward to. thank you. 6:48 right now. also the first day o school for d.c.'s interim chancellor, amanda alexander. a news 4 i-team investigation uncovered nearly 1,000 teachers in d.c. who have not been

officially lensed to teach. we asked her about that. all of our teachers hav passed background checks, they're regularly evaluated by their administrators often formerly and informally. they engage in rigorous developmen in those ways we're able to ensure quality. >> alexander says the vast majority of teachers have made theeadline for applying an american blackhawk helicopter has gone down in iraq. we just learned that at least one coalition service mber has been killed. several others have been injured this is special operations forces coming back from a raid when the helicopter went down:

we'll stay on top of this and bring you any updates. >> 6:50 right now. hop of he archb washington is meeting with prefts. we're told cardinal donald wuerl changed the date after the allegations of widespread sex abe. theodore mccarrick resigned after a series of sexualdu misc allegations. wuerl was a bishop in pittsburgh and named more than 200 times in the grand jury report. the report says he helped cover up the abuse. he denies the allegations. wa "thington post" reports two lawyers are leading allegations of sexual abuse at a key school. aat report ind former key officials failed to protect students going bac more than four decades. former students said it was

widely known some key teachers had sex with derage students. good morning. there's sheena on wtop radio where is where you should be way from once you're your tv and on your way to work this morning. meanwhilen nbc4, w have a cloudy sky greeting us this cmorning. aple of raindrops around the city. most of the steadier rain was to the south. c it's aing to an end. most of us will be rain free by 10:00, 11:00. we'll have breaks of sunshine later today. no real heat of humidity for the next couple. da it could be stormy late tomorrow afternoon. a storm team weather alert for t tuesdaynoon and evening,

not for today. lengering rain drops into parts of loudoun county. really nothing more than a couple of pessing sprin and a light shower of rain in andhe around city. the heavier rain south of fredricksburg is starting to dru kly. future waegt weather, carrying ances of rains through the early afternoon. cooler than average. we'll take that in the month of august. 68 in leesburg, 69 in the panhandle of west virginia, 68 in frederick, maryland, also in clinton, maryland staying mostly cloudy through the morning hours before more sunshine later to i dachlt sun is down at 6:56. download our nbc washington app because we have active weather . tomorr through tuesday, doesn't look like a lot before 4:00 tomorro

afternoon. the line of thunderstorms between 5:00 and 8:00 tomorrow evenin coupled pack a punch indeed. a chance for severe weather tomorrow. after that goes away, the rain chance, the humidity goes away. have some ununbelievably nice aueaster coming our way wednesday afternoon. thursday and friday morning, low to mid 60s. most of the suburbs will be down in the 50s on thursday and friday morning and bright sunshine through the weekend. >> that really does look pretty. thank you, chuck. right now taking a look atr chop here, top of the beltway, outer loop this morning has somett p good volume from an earlier crash actually on the inner loop. still seeing delays on the outer loop. right now cho per 4n the outer loop near 95. taking a looker else don't have any other major problems on the beltway this morning.

270 looks good southbound from the area neart urbana j after 80. we still have some closure there on the left side of theroadway. so a little slow heading southbound there. as far as tral times, 66 looks good, 95 northbound a little slow near prince william parkway, throuprce george's parkway. an arizona hospital is asking what is in the wat6 after co-workers all announced pregnancies.th banner desert medical center says the women are all nurses and all work in the intensive care department. all of them are due in shtember throug february. >> one other girl, it was the two of us. this is so exciting. then it was another one and another one. >> a string of maternity leaves is expected to create a rush of absences. they're planning to use floating

nurses to help cover everything. one of the girls joked theynell pl to take the holidays off. that's how they planned their pregnancies. speaking of babies. a new tember of washington capitals fan clu >> alex ovechkin and his wife welcomed a baby boy over the weekend. his name sergei. he and his mother are said to be doing well. 6:55. here are four things to know. t today jury in the paul manafort trial will return for a third day ofde liberations. president trump's former company chairman faces 18 charges of bank and tax fraud. atvs and dirt bikes swarmed d.c. over the weekend. authorities say the group eventually crossed into arlington. today the archbishop of washhgton meets w the council of priests. the monthly gathering was moved up a weekse partly bec of the

xplosive report from a pennsylvania grand jury. right now students across d.c. are getting ready for first day of school. as the news 4 i-team uncovered, nearly 1,000 teachers are unlicensed as the school yea begins. the interim chancellor t sayshe teachers had to apply for their license this month and many have met that deadline. we have a fewun showers a to start off your monday, but e rough the afternoon mostly cloudy, a cou showers later today possible. a high of 82. tomorrg we have a str to severe storm chance in the afternoon and evening, butdi th hu starts dropping wednesday afternoon. thursday it's going to be gorgeous. no one suld complain abo thursday. the weekend looks good. >> i think it's going to be too sunny. >> oh, come on, chuck. >> chopper 4 over the top of the beltway, outer loop showing delays near georgia avenue. >> thank you, melissa. coming up tomorrow on "news 4 today," back-to-school shopping,

it doesn't have to be stressful or expensive, i'm told. we're working with you on wavs to time and money, if you can avoid getting the other thing you don't need at target. there's always some other thing -- >> that ltle dollar area when you leave -- >> i love the dollar area. >> horritle. also depends how many kids you're buying for. that all plays into . we'll break it all down. thanks for joining us for "news 4 today." we have the "today" show next. >> back in 25 minutes with another look at your local news, weather and traffic. make it a great monday, everody.

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