new at midday, football players from the university of maryland come together this morning for one reason, to honor thei fallen teammate. after weeks of allegations and controversy, the message players are now hoping to send. we showed no care for the little ones. that's part of a letter released by pope francis thisorning addressing the church sex scandal. what he says about making changes. and it is a cloudy but cool day outside. i'll show you when the rain will arrive. and our chance for thunderstorms. that's all coming up.

>> announcer: news4midday starts now. >> hi, everybody. good morning. and welcome to news4 midd i'm angie orgoff. thisng members of the maryland football community came together to talk aboutteheir made jordan mcnair. players talked about how they will remember him. he died in june after heat stroke in a heme practice the month before. we are in college park with a look at what the players will do remember their teammate. nicole. reporter: players did n take questions this morning. they said they simply wanted to make a statement on jusjohow importanan mcnair was to this program. they say his spirit lives in them now, and they will honor him with every play and every snap. a strong showing by the university of maryland football players filing in to make a powerful statement. >> we come here today as

university of marylanderootball plto change the conversation. >> reporter: nothing short of a difficult summer forrp the mourning the loss of their teammate, jordanor mcnair. >>n was fearless. he was a dreamer. he would do anything for his ghammates. he f until his very last breath for his teammates. ensive rter: the o lineman died in june afterea suffering a stroke two weeks earlier. the head coach dkin on leave following mcnair's death with matt canad at the helm. >> since matt's passing we have been grieving andourning in our own way together. >> reporter: while the iversity system assumes control of the situation players want to control how they honor mcnair. >> no number of the university of maryland football team will wear the number 79 and he will be remembered on graduation day with his class. >> reporter: they will wear a 7c r. a scholarship will be given in his honor.

and a room in the renovated field house will be named after him. >> it is time to get back to what is important, honoring our fallen friend, brother, and ma te. >> reporter: it is a statement for a legacy they want to carry allfor a player they considered a gentle giant. >> jordan was one of the best roommateseammates and that anyone could ask for. >> reporter: in addition, there will be a moment of silence at the first two home games this season. these players say it is so important now more than ever that they have the fans' support. i think ay, back to you. >> nicole thank you somuch. five dc kids are waking up on the first day ofth school t homes this morning. take look at this. this was in the 1600 block of north capital street in northwest in between florida and new york avenues. you can see how large those flames were overnight feeding into the dark firefighters say a total of five dults and six kids were

displaced. the american red cross was called in to help. no word on what may have caused the fire. ow we want to turn our eyes to the weather. we saw clouds and each some rain this morning. more k we expect any showers today? >> angie, we could see a couple showers. ju spty ones. they would be light showers. tomorrow, that'se the daye watching for thunderstorms, some of which could be strong to severe. right now it'75. the clouds will be locked in all afternoon. we dent have any rain around, though. we have small chance for a small shower later rtoday. thn is not the news though, it's the clouds andeshe temperat as we go through the rest of the day temperatures will be stuck, maybe inhe upper 70s for some of you. way cooler than what we normally see this time of year. we will talk about tomorrow's storm chances and cooler weather

coming up by the end of the week. that coming up. despite local criticism of president trump's use of social dia to criticize his opponent his wife tried toackle the problem of cyber bullying todayi me trump is visiting a bullying prevention summit to address the negative effects social media on young people. >> let's face it, most children are more aware of the benefit and pitfalls of social media than some adults. but we still needo do all we can to provide them with information and tools for successful and safe on line habits. >> while she also attended a panel discussn with representatives from multiple social media fopls. the lazy days of summer are over for thousands of kids in. our ar right now dc students are back in the classroom. news4's justin bench joins us

live from excel academy in southeast dc.n you have been the back to school beat. what have you got. >> reporter: we have been to several schools thismorning. a lot of excitement. now more than 40,000 are back in class. administrators say they have put a lot of investment into facilities and student any are seeing progress. thievement. what a welcome at excel academy. cheers you go hads, and phi fives. mayor bowser and the interim school chancellor amanda alexander there to kick thing off. >> it's the first day of school. >> reporter: alexander has now seen 20 of these beginning as a walker jones elementary school in 1998. since then she says she has seen the district schools make significant strides from multimillion overhauls of

schools to boosting stunt achievement. >> we have made tremendous gains over the years not only in facilities but in terms of instruction. >> reporter: regarding a news4 i-team report uncovering hundreds of unlicensed dc teacrs alexander says the district is working to secure those licenses and that dc teach remembers already held to stringent standards. >> our teachers are regularly evuated by their administrators. they receive both formal and informal observations. all of our teachers have completed a background check. >> reporter: before the first bell, mayor bowser joined the slow down campaign in southeast at martin luther king jr. avenue and howard. then -- >> whoa whoa, whoa, whoa! >> reporter: so close to kids a. reminder that the year means all of us must adapt and follow the rules. is it hard startingack after

summer yes yes. >> reporter: butter throughs were flying for this girl. both she and her mom have new in ro >> when it was summer i could i wanted buever now i have to wake up at 7:00 in the morning just to get ready for school. >> reporter: getti back into ehe back to school flow is something every is getting adjusted to. drivers should ajust as well. as you saw in the video, that car went through a red lht as students were in the crosswal egregious on any day. i had c ance to ask the interim chancellor if she had her eye on the full-time job. she says absolutely it is ae jo wants but she respects the process of hiring a newll chan. a number of schools in west virginia are also back in class this morning. you can see them highlighted here on this map.

berkeley, hampshire, jefferson and morgan counties. parents there are hoping for an uninterrupted year after teachers had a strike last year. it took nine days to resolve that. in othernews, pope francis is confronting the since of the church in an unprecedented letter. it address last week's grand jury report on priest sex abuse sandals andcover-ups. the report found that more than 1,000 children were sexually abus by priests in pennsylvania for decades. the pope's letter is meant to acknowledge thing any of the victims and also the power of their stories. the pope writes, quote, the heart wremplging pain of these victims which cries out to heaven was longno d, kept quiet or silenced. nowent on to say we showed are for little ones, we abandoned them. the pope suggests that going forward the church adopt a zero tolerance policy. today cardinal donald whirl

is meeting with priests. moved up the date after the report alleging widespread sex abuse was released. and because t cardinal mckarrick scandal. mckarrick resigned because of the allegations. it is day three ofti delibes in the paul manafort trial. president trump's former campaign chairman faces 18 counts of tax and bank fraud. last week the jurors asked the judge a few questions, inclung the definition of reasonable doubt. the case is part of thal spe unsel's russiainvestigation. next month manafort will go on ial in d.c. for separate charges meanwhile manafort and the accusedussian agent maria boo tina are being held in the same ja. this is a mug shot after she

left the dc jail. prosecutors say she was tied to the kremlin, used sex and lies to infiltrate organizations like the nra. she pleed not guilty. new this morning,el stormy da talking again, this time about dropping out of a reality show. throughout the city are on the lookout for two coldlooded killers. and nashville, tennessee, on edge after t people are gunned down while celebrating a

this apartment building on the outskirts of barcelona after a man who police believed in this building t aed toack officers with a knife. police say the attacker was gunned down and kild but that he quote intended to attack police officers. and that's why at this time this being investigated as a terrorism se. is suspect hasn't been identified yet. while former ciairtor john brennan considers legal action after losing his security clearance, a new report suggests the top lawyer inside the white house is cooperating wi the russia investigation. nbc's susan mcinnis has the latest fromapitol hill. former cia director john brennan is threateningo to go

court after president trump revoked his security clearanc >> aim going to do whatever i can personally to try to prevent re.se abuses in the fu if it means going to court, i will do that. >> reporter: the president may take away more clearances, seemingly to punish ctics and those he perceives were involved in the russia investigation, including thatur ofnt justice department official bruce orr. >> i suspect i will be taking ate i way very quickly. >> reporter: nationa security advisory john bolton is considering considering all security clearances inside and outside of government. >> i thinkt's certainly appropriate in a time when we are seeing what i believe are unprecedented leaks of highly classified information. >> reporter: dozens of former national security and intelligence officials have condemned the action. >> as lodge as john is not revealing classified information that he shouldn't, then i -- i certainly think he has a right to speak. >> reporter: meanwhile the

heesident lasd out at a "new york tes" report saying that white house attorney don mcgahn has been cooperating extensive with special counsel robert mueller. the president called the story fake news. >> this is a desperate special counsel who leaked this to the "new york times." >> reporter: the president saying he has nothing to hide. the "new york times" is statsing by report. in washington, susan mcinnis nbc knaus. adult film star stormy daniels is once again making headlines. this time she is locked in a battle with a british edition of celebrity big brother. last year she backed out of the show two hours before the series opener. she blamed it on a custody battle she was having with her ex-husband over their 7-year-old daughter. she claims she wanted to go on the show to apoll. >> but the procer is

disagreed. >> they said you have to leave the country. >> the show denies daniels' claims. daniels reveals on the talk show thee plans to donate the fee give to her for that show. the fear is growing in nashville, from a series of tsolved violent crimes. in less than weeks, three people have been killed, a woman shot and paralyzed, and three others robtd at gunpoint. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in nashville with thestory. >> reporter: police here say they are now looking for twoco blooded kilokillers. over the weekend investigators say they developed new information in these cases and are new pursuing active leads. investigators say the violence is not definitively connected yet but there are distinct slarts. this morning nashville is on high alert after a string of unsolved murders and robberies. >> it makes me scared t not be home before dark. >> reporter: vicious crimes all

within a ten mile radius are related. the most recent near the cobrah nightclub according to police two friends were robbed and shot dead by two men in a rk sedan, possibly the one in this surveillance photo. just days earlier,ea 31old candle rice was waiting for a bus. witnesses say two men in a dark sedan drove up and shot him with a rifle. >> officers throughe city are on the lookout forwo cold blooded killers. >> reporter: the next day a pair of men in dkedan approached three men during the cobra andh robbed according to ryan notebookra who was business poll whipped. guess we are lucky no one pulled a trigger. >> reporter: a woman walking her dogs after midnight was not so lucky. she told police two men in a dark sedan shot her in the back. she is now paralyzed fromthe wa down. her distraught husband is a member of the crew for the band

one republic. both she and hernd husba asked they not identify them. >> they stalked he drove past her at the time. they were hunting her. >> reporter: police are creasing patrols as residents grow more worried. >> they sho wome shot men, shot white people, shot black people. like they don't care. >> reporter: one pep lick has set up a go fund me page to help with medical expenses. gabe gutierrez, nashville. we have a traffic alert to proximates along today. watch the lead foot on route 1 in alexandria. between slaters lane and one mile run the speed limit is going from 35 to 25 miles per hour for safety reasons and in an effort toeduce traffic >>aths in the city by the year 2028. warn alsoing this morning as kids head back to school. a revw by scott macfarland and the news4 i-team reveals

thousands of crashes andou nds of traffic violations in local school zones and in just the past three in the coming days when the kids return to the school crheswalks we expect drivers to slow down or drive more carefully. but a review of police and traffic records by the news4 i-team shows a fast rising number of violations in virginia, dc, and maryland. that includes hundreds of school zone traffic violations in both prince georges a montgomery county since 2015 n.dc, nearly3 traffic violations near schools in the same time frame. in virginia, we found thousands of school zone s crashesce 2015. the most in the area? about 60ai inax county. >> that's an area in which students frequently cross? >> yes >> every da >> every day. >> gwen ward's daughter died one morninge crossing street to seneca valley high school. >> every day. ey don't always cross in the crosswalk but they are paying

attention. r: the driver in that case was not prosecuted. tonight on news4 our full i-team inveigation includes cameras rolling in the neighborhoods and we show you what the drivers, including some parents, are caught doing wrong as they bring their own children to the . scho there is one thing police say is behind this rising number of violations and potentially instances of unsafe driving near ourki ' schools. a familiar fe won the u.s.n' womes gymnastics championship. the messageo she sent te crowd with her uniform

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smoke from the three huge wildfires out west in california traveled all the way to the east coast. to our area. it was carried over 3,000 miles by the jet stream. you are taking a look at some of the intense fires, the flames there that have been a burni meteorologist with the national weather service told the "washington post" that some ople in the area cou actually smell the smoke from california. the paper says there was actually an air quality alert. it was put out in the baltimore region last week for that smoke. soft of the wind and precipitation cleared things out here for us. e did not see the immediate effects, they arsaying. still, that is phenomenal to know. >> oh, enyeah. t travels up high enough in the atmosphere you have the jet stream up near where t

planes fry. it grabs it and quickly moves it over here. so it is a rea thing. but we are seeing cloudy skies today. this is not smoke that seeing. just so you know. the gray skies behind me, these are all clouds. they are going to be locked in as we go through the day today. no clearing in the forecast. here's a look at the radar and sat life. you see the clouds but you done see the rain. we don't have any rain aren't right now. we cannot rule out a sower or later on. let's zoom in here and see wha looks like outside. clouds again locked into area. this is how it is going to be the rest of the day today. thisois to help to hold our temperatures down, too, combined with a ntheast wind. look at the numbers right now. this is what we have been seeing around sun rise for our morning low temperature. now we are seeing this at aboutm lunc mid to know 70s. don't expect too much of a warmup inhe suburbs today. even around the dc metro area. i think the dogs will like this weather. it's not hot outside.

heat's buddy available for adoption at spca. head to their website. 4 p.m. topping at 82. chanceer of a sh again, not a heavy downpour or even widespread rain. we are just looking at a couple passing light showers. by 7:00 p.m., upper 70s. here's future weather. as we go through the rest of the day you see the cloudy skies. maybe a couple of sprinkles passing by. tomorrow morning same deal. we will see some clouds with a chance for a couple of showers. 1:00 p.m. we coulde seeing a couple of thunderstorms starting up afternoon and evening we have a chance for severe storms. those are clearing out as we head into wednesday. tomo outlook is going to be around he d.c. metro rare area and west. we could be seeing some strong to severe thunderstorms there. we will be watching that closely. wednesday looks mibetter. ty drops even more. thursday and friday, really great end to the week. we will look at the ten-day coming up. a cllenge, when dirt bikes

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atvs and dirt bikes swarmed dc and nor vernginia this weekend. a large group of riders popped e scenes l this played out over the weekend and police could not do much to stop them. atvs are illegal in the district, but there is also a no chase policy. ight ider crashed into a pole on rhode island avenue northeast. police impounded that bike. authorities say the group c eventuallyssed into arlington. >> we actually ran into the twice tonight. once was on another major artery. and they definitely caused disruption in the local traffic. i me, i was scared for some of the other drivers because these guys are just weaving in and if out. was in that traffic i wouldn't know what to do. >> arlington police say no arrests were made. now, to the shocking details about the murder of a pregnant colorado mother t and her

husband and 2678 father will be formally charged later today hours after the family was set to announce t gender of their third child. here's a nbciguousal almaguer. >> reporter: today from his jail cell, chris watts willearn the official charges he faces after reportedly confessing to murdering hisif and their daughters, a 3-year-old and ye 4-ar-old. ♪ ring around the rosie. >> reporter: in new court documents, investigators say his children were discovered on the oil field where heworked. celeste and bella found in a well filled with crude oil for several days. the documents recommending dna swabs on the children's necks, raising the possibility they were strangled. his wife was buried nearby in a shallowe. >> i can't believe that they are gone. i can't believe that chris wld do this. >> reporter: the wife's brother says she was expecting a baby boy, nikko.

her friend said s planned a party this past weekend to announce thee' ma gender ♪ amazing grace. >> reporter: instead, nearly 200 attended a vigil outside her home where police say the murder took place. shannan'sarents watching on facetime. >> our children are with god. >> reporter: police say watts murdered his family, then went on television to w tell theld they were missing. >> i want her back so bad. i wt those kids back so bad. >> reporter: in a 2012 video posted on you tube a chris watts had once spoken of fixing frayed relationships. most who knew watts say he was devoted father thrled when he learned just weeks ago that his wife was pregnant with their third child. >> pink means? >> that's j a test. >> reporter: but friends say it wasn't always a perfect marriage. the couple had filed for

bankruptcy. back in court tuesday, chris watts stands accused of takin o the lives three people who trusted and needed him most. >> that was nbc's ambiguousal almaguer reporting. now when she is charges are filed today, an affidavit with detailsn the crime can also become public information. watts could face life in prison or the death penalty. right now, students at santa fe high school in tas are returning to class for a new school year. this comes three mants after a e.udent opened fire killing ten people th there will be new security measures in place, including a metal detecto more armed officers, and panic buttons in every classroom. but for some parents this isn't enough. they are calling for outside security experts to do an independent review. now as the n y schoor gets underway that's renewed focus on dress codes as well and what kids are allowed to wear to

class. video o school showed its students drew some controversy. it is not the only community rethinking policies now. matt bradley has the tape and what the school is now sayin about . >> reporter: as students head back to class, schools are having to address their dress codes. administrators at a texas school facing outrage onocial media after showing this video to students. >> repeat after me -- >> i will not wear athletic shorts. .>> there was no there was no people of color. there was nobody who was overwe >> the high school principal apologized for theg video sayin it missed the mark.mp colaints here went viral and it's just one s of severalchools having to decode their dress codes. >> our son just got tol he cannot attend school withis hair. fatherrter: a florida shot this video after his as 6-year-old s turned away hom his first day of first grade. as been viewed 2illion times on line.

>> if that's not bias, i don't know what is. >> rorter: the boy's offense? wearing dread locks. the principal said it is a private schl and dre locks are banned in itsli . experts say on line protests are turning dress codes inside out. >> this is absolutely a nationwide trend. every state in the country is looking at their policies. even if they are choosing not to look athem students and parents are looking. >> reporter: looking for a dress code that won't discriminate. matt bradley, nbc> news. >>disgraced former sports doctor larry nassar has been moved. he was being held in 2r50u son. now he is in oklahoma city. the move came after nassar was prisoted by fellow evers. nassar is facing up to 175 years for molesting women and girls including u.s. olympicmn tics. olympic champion simone biles made a bold statement in a stellar performance.

she wore a teal colored leotard as she won h fifth u.s. gymnastics championship in boston last night. teal is the color for sexuaab e survivors. biles says she wanted to acknowledge the hundreds of women who were abused by larry. nass up next, a local police department tackling tip sync challenge. after morning showers we are looking ahead to what could be

have you heard about the lip sink challenge all the departments are doing. >> we should do it. >> yeah, we got to do it. >> the lip sync challenge? you have got to be kidding. all this work i have to do? i'll see you later. later. >> you have to come take a look at this. it's going to be all orocial media. the prince georges count park police have joined the lip sync challenge and they got in their

feelings. watch. ♪ are you riding, say you never ever believe, frominhe t because i want you and i need you and i'm down for you always ♪ >> wow, i mean they even brought super heroes, right? they are going all out. >> good quality. >> look at the the moves here. the lip sync challenge swept acrossl sociamedia. a challenge for police stations. ♪ >> that is great production quality. >> i was going to say t look like a video that you would see. >> it look like a music video. >> a music video. i and i like how they worked in different songs, too, going a little old ndschool. >> a random batman just showing up out of nowhere. i kind of like it. >> you can't get enough of batman. weatherwise --whoa. looks like -- >> we are taking a spin around the district. let's see. i'm not sure wt we are trying to do. we are trying to look at the

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law enforcement around the u.s. is word into violence carried out by drones after a failed assassination attempt onl venes president. nbc's jeff rossen has more on those threats and introduces us to a company that developed dron hunters that can hunt,

capture, and bring down rogue drtees. >> reporr: you would never know it, but right now this drone is carrying a bomb. able to unleash maximum destruction from the air. at political rallies, sporting events, airports, oil refineries, the power grid. anywhere. the thread seemingly far fetched, until this month. in venezuela, this drone, strapped withpl osives, blowing up over this crowded rally. apparently targeting the president. another armed drone crashing right into this apartment building. now, federal, state, and local officials are worried it could happen here. but s airpace security company fordham technology backed by boeing, now developing this, the drone hunter. selling it to the u.s. department of defense, major airports, and spartz stadis to protect you at big events and

soft targets. what does it do. >> it flies i the air, patrols an air space. doe tek unwanted objects in the air space. pursues them and capture them and tows themaw . them in er: captures mid air? >> tethers them away. >> reporter: come with me. we are in a remote field in utah. you can see,s tha the drone hunder right there. it's huge. they have it up right now. we arean about to fly enemy drone into the airsp e. and we will show you what happens. deep in the woods, the enemy drone is launching. on board, a real explosive. within seconds. ne>> drone detected. >> reporter: it has entered restrictgh air space. now the drone hunter is chasing down the enemy drone trying t lock on the target and capture it. here's the really crazy part. it's actually doinget all

autonomously. there is no one controlling the drone hunter. whereverhenemy drone goes, the drone hunter follows along. now the magic. watch as the hunter approaches the ene and locks onto the target. >> locked on target. >> reporter: almost instantly. >> target cap tour approved. >> reporr: the drone hunter shoots its rg. oh, my -- oh. take a look at this angle from the drone hunt. the drone.ying out and grabbing now here's the view from the enemy drone. the net surrounding it. the blades coming to a cplete stop. that net fires like a bullet at 80 miles per hour and can hit a movi target up to5 feet away. >> and now that enemy drone is dangling mid air attached to the drone hunter on that net. at's amazing. >> reporter: now it's towed away to a safe location, preprogrammed with pinpoint gps.

they have complete control over not only capturi the enemy drone but actually taking control of it. moments later they detonate the bomb. come this way. i don't nt to get too close but theof importanchis is they can safely detonate it away from the public where it's controlledo and one gets hurt. >> law enforcement is kennelly aware of the need to product the air space around people, stadiums, outdoor events, refineries. >> the drone hunter is soad nced if there are multiple enemy drones in the earea. hunter can capture one, drop it in a safe location and capture o severalers with multiple nets without ever landing. happening today you can help celebrate one of the best chinese restaurants in america hileping military families at the same time. the peking inn is well-known for

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including video of the year and artist of the year. behind her, bonz and jay-z. rounding out theack are childish gam beano and drake. and j-lo, jennifer lopez receive the night's most coveted moon man, the michael jackson vanguard award. now to a local couple who found their happily ever afteou a single mother suffered the loss of both of her arms and legs after a medical misdiagnosis. as barbara harrison reports now that woman mark as new milestone.ma rriage. >> reporter: this was a dance they have been practicing for years. this son they chose because the john legend lyrics meant so much. the husband sang along, all of me loves all of u, your perfect imperfections. few weeks before ts nighthe called us to tell us they were

going the marry. she hads meet her at the new home they would move into after the wedding. it had been a year sce we met. >> hirb baa? how are you? it's been so long. >> it's been a year. you look great. my goodness. i ink you grew. >> i z. i have been drinking my milk. >> reporter: she stands at near her fulleight now, a lot different fm a year ago when she was still trying to walk on her firstet of painful pro prosthetic legs and to lead a life that had been chang since a misdiagnosis let to the amputation of all four of her limbs. as a single mother of two young boys she knew she had no alternative but to survive and make the best of her fate. but as the fiancee of a wonderful man who shead met an fallen in love with, what would happen? they would playfully their first dance but amanda put all serious talk of marriage on

hold. at least until she felt she could once again stand beside him on equal footing. so you are engaged? >> i am. it's so exciting. i finalds have h that i can put the engagement ring on now and i can finally walk down the aisle with these really gool knees that i have now. they are called mro processor kneera they have bs inside of them that can aicipate my movements. >> reporter: her new hants hands also a miracle for her. her wonderful spirit has allowed her to laught things that for some might be difficult to deal with. >>is my right hand. spiritrter: this is the frank fell in love with. she is why he wouldn't give u insisting that she married him from. >> fro day one when we first met we linked so perfectly. she had a great smile, made me laugh. as time progressed weontinued dating.

it's to to point now where she e iws what i'm thinking bef even say what i'm thinking and vice versa.e >> reporter: has been with her every step through her journey to living again. >> amazing. he loo at me just like i am h the womane loves. >> reporter: he loves her young sons, to they showed me around the new house where they will be moving too. after, we venn do you remembered across the street. and then the first dance. the reharass hersal finally a reality. the lyrics were likwn his words. my head spinng, no kidding, i can't pin you down. but we finallyhad. and she loved it. >> i'm not much of a -- one of those bride that basks in all the atteion. so i am looking forward to the marriage more than i am the weing day. >> barbara harrison reporting on what is an incredible love

story. we wish both of them a happy marriage.ee , we are checking in with you to find out what we have in store. looks like more raindrops? >> yes, we have more raindrops in the forecast. today it's lookicloudy. the cloudiness and the northeast wind will keep temperatures down. low 80s for dayte highs. suburbs may be in the upper 70s. tomorrow afternoon and evening m thunders some of those could be strong to severe. a weather alert tomorrow. low humidity the rest of the week. the weekend looks great. >> thank you .shee thank you for joining us for news4 mid daefl we will be back on the air later thisfi afterno t at 4:00. remember you can always get all your news and weather at any time in our nbc washington app. ve a great daynd we will s aee

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