the cvatican promises not to repeat its past. >> reporter: and the news 4 i-team looks into the safety of school zones. theti alarming sics on crashes and violations and what's being done to try and prevent it. >> reporter:aking news. wheelies, dodging traffic and atvs swaed on the roads from d.c. to vir nia thisweekend. >> yeah, and now police are looking at video like this rying to track down those riders. but it's not going to be easy. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald looks at the challenges facing police. showing no regard for the law the safety of others, atv riders saturated several quadrants of the city, poppingwh lies, and weaving in and out of traff and running red lights and in some cases nearly missing pedestrians. it bent the wheel sot's not

able to turn. >> reporter: eric adler's bike was struck byn atv rider in a crosswalk here on first street in southwest. he and his family were on the way to the d.c. united game when the atv r rers camering in. >> it was a huge number. i would say it was about 200 bikes, and they just kept on coming. >> what the [ bleep ] is going on down here in arlington? bat is this? >> reporter: jusefore 6:00 arlington police say over 100 riders crossed a key bridge making their way to this exxon >> and they are doing like wheelies. re turning around, like on one, you know -- on one wheel.eo i mean,e are walking by. literally the traffic is like, you know, they can even get by because there's so many bikes. >> reporter: caleb nelson works in a nearby restaurant and he ran outside and shot this video when he heard a loud roar coming from outside. >> at first it seemed a littlee threg because you didn't know why they were there. they were following like -- they e not followi any rules no,

laws, jt kind of going back and forth ones both s of the road and sidewalk. >> reporter: arlington police s even e of the rid smashed the door of the convenience store stealing items fore riding off. arlington police didn't chaseec riders bause it could have pet pedestrians in greater damage. >> it should not be happening, and the authorities need to find a way to stop this. >> deporter: this manidn't want to go on camera, h but says he's fed up with ratviders breaking the law in arlington and d.c. d.c. police say they havere ed three atv drivers, and hey have seized several vehicles. arlington investigators are still combing through video to these drivers y so they, too, can make an arrest. baor you. >> more than unset lipping out there. meagan fitzgerald, thank iyou. t is illegal to operate many bikes or all terrain vecles in any public space in the district including streets, sidewalks, alleys, bike lanes

and public trails, too. despite that d.c. police have a no chaseolicy because it's too dangerous to pursue theseri rs. in montgomery county police will only pursue riders who appear intoxicated or have committed a seri crime. in prince george's county, police willnly pursue if the rider is wanted for a or carjacking, and arlington county police say it's up to the ficer in most cases. asking for forgiveness and promisinghanges at the top. pope francis addressed the latest sexual abuse scandal that's rocking the catholic in a letter today writing, quote, we showed no care for the little ones. we abandoned them. those comments come nearly a week after aur grand report in pennsylvania found 300 predator priests, abused more than a thousand children and teenagers over a 70-year span. in that state alone, news 4's

chris gordon is in washington with local reaction to this. chris. >> wendy, cardinal donald wuerl has been accused of being part of a cover-up. today he met with his advisers, but we are not told by the church what was discussed or if anything was decided. trinity university in northeast washington has a cse relationship with cardinal donald wuerl, but trinity's president tells me the algations that cardinal wuerl helped cover up cases of sexual abuse by priests in pittsburgh calls for an act of ave tonement on h -- an act of atonement. >> i think the cardinal should step aside, not to say that hs culpable though i think some feel he is, but that's the kind of gesture of ematt that could really help catholics to see that there are teethbe nd the words. >> reporter: steven white is a fellow in catholic studies at the ethics and public policy

center. he says it appears to him that cardinal wuerl is trying to soothe parishioners rather than accept responsibility. >> it's not clear to me yet whether cardinal wuerl will resign or whether he should, but i think there's something to be said for the fact that a bishop who has manifestly lost the confidence of his flock would have a hard time continuing as archbishop. he will ultimately have to be the one who makes that decision. >> reporter: when the 12 l. 10 mass let out today at st. matthews cathedral, we asked some of the people here their reaction to the recent revelations. is it testing your faith? >> no. no. my faith is not in them. my faith is in god. i can't do without him. that's why i'm here. >> reporter: had a heartfelt expression of faith which we are tonight finding is shared by many people here at st. matthews cathedral. that's the latest live in northwest washington.

jim, back to you. >> chris s,rdon, ch thank you. we are keeping a close watch on the fraud trial of former trump campaign manager paul eke.ort in alexandria this jurors are often gone by this time, but they told the judge they want to continue at least until 6:15 tonight which may be a sign they are getting somewhere. manafort is facingou 18 cs on crime that include taxan evasio bank fraud. some critics have worried president trump is pressuring the jury with religiocent state that blast proprcutors and se manafort. >> the attacks on special counsel robert muell and the russia investigation continued all weekend and into this morning when t called mueller's team thugs. this comes as his own lawyer walks back a remark about truth. blayne alexandero now here break it all down. >> reporter: let's start with the words from the president. they came via ttwitter, andt set up a rather unlikely split screen today while he was using

that platform to insult mueller an a former cia chief, the president's wife, the fir, la was speaking at a conference against cyber bullying. president trump intensifying his attack on the russia investigation and special counsel robert mueller calling him disgraced and discrete itted leaving a team of angry dems looking to pact the election. it comes as the "new york times" reports white house attorney d mcgahn spent 30 hours talking to mueller voluntary. >> why did you take so long for special counsel? >> reporter: but not talking about it tanay. ile support continues to grow for former cia chief johnn br a vocal critic of the president whose security clearance he revoked. more than 175 former officials adding their names to a list denouncing president trump's action as a tool to silence his critics. today on twitter, president trump calling brennan the worst cia director i history. the president's online onslaught

coming as first lady melania trump said this about social media during a cyber bullying conference. >> it can be used in many positive ways but can also be destructive and harmful when used incorrectly. >> reporter: also today, the president's personal attorney rudy giulianig to explain this exchange on "meet the press" about the psident sitting down about muler. >> that's so silly because it's so's version of the truth, not the truth. he didn't have a conversation >> truth is truth. i don't mean to go >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> reporter: giuliani tweeting today he was trying to m point about he said she said scenarios, and back to those security clearances, the support considering reving at leas nine more, including that of bruce ohr. he currently i worksthe justice department and today he found himself caught in the president's twitter crosshairs. you. to >> blayne alexander, blayne, thank you. theen press military parade has been postponed and

white houseudget director nick mull veiny is blaming the d.c. council. e council that voted 70% or 80% against the president wouldn't want to help.he today council clapped back with tongue in cheek pointing out that 95% of district voters didot pick mr. trump but they say it's irrelevant calling opposition to a $92 million non-partisan.he and say they would oppose one of similar cost, even if it included the observe mass, chuck brown and statehood flos made of hemp. >> let's check our forecast. sst of are dry right now, but we're going to be in a weather alert mode by thi time tomorrow. >> it's going to get business on you, huh, amelia? >> exactly. tomorrow there's areas of rain an thunderstorms especially duringnihe afternoon and e hours and some of those could be strong to devere. take a look right now though. only a few sprinkles falling in parts of the area. mainly east of i-95 where i'm tracking some rain around thepe

up marlboro areaar and p of anne arundel county. this activity is pushing north, but it'sg fizzl out as that's happening. most of us are completely dry. and an isolated shower is possible out there tonight but for just about everybody it's going to be mostly cloudy and mainly dry. 're noticing the mugginess. 80 degrees. by 11:00 p.m. we're down to76 and then again windy tomorrow. the potential for strong to severe thundereorms. i'll hore on that with future weather at 6:25. >> thanks, amelia. tensho ofands of kids went back to school in thedi rict today including an all-new girls school in southeast. that's the excel academy. it used to be ach charter sool and now it's public and news 4's aimee cho hung out with fabulous hecked artners as they out their new digs. >> welcome to kindergarten. ir reporter: there's nothing quite like the day of school. >> yes, it's your day. >> the brand-new book >> so glad you're happy.

>> reporter: freshly sharpened pencils and fun new friends and for the little ladies ofiss mccoy's kindergarten class. >> it's beautiful and looking good? theyave another first to look forward to, d.c. public school's schoolll-girls do you guys like school? >> yes. >> reporter: why do you like school? because it's so cool. >> it is so fun. >> he loves school, i lovethat. >> reporter: the excel academy hope to empower girls so they don't just become schools but sisters. >> can you help me. >> i can be the one person who looks like the l and tale them, you know, and works hard and they also see an example and they sound the same,>> right? moon. >> the girls will go here through eighth grade. >> good job. s reporter: and the schoos it will focus things on science and math. >> to change thef narrative the school because it was considered a poorscerforming ol so we want to make sure that we flip that around for our young laid is. >> reporter: theutare absy adorably cute and i'm already having the best time.st it's the f day. not even lunch yet. in

>> and speakg of lunch. >> do you feel excited? >> that's one thing these little learners are alreadyxperts on. guess what i'm going to have for school to eve. i'm going to have a sandwich. sandwich are very cool. >> reporter: at the excac emy in southeast, aimee cho. >> you did it. >> reporter: news 4. >> you drew the pictures. >> are they adorable or what. >> so cute. >> i'm going to go have lunch with them. bologna sandwiches. when we return, a closer look at the school safe zones out there, and you may be surprised who is at fault for many othe accidents. > and an arrest after a serious threat at a place of worship, and what ts man is accused of doing as police moved in. honoring a young man's legacy both on and off the field. how playersre paying tribute to a teammate at the university of maryland. isey admit m

as the university of maryland investigates the death of jordancnair, his teammates are reveal their plans to honor him.te the young ath died, you'll recall, after collapsing at football practice earlier this year. leon harris is here now with a look at their plans, a both on off the field. leon? >> reporter: jim, the players ttlined several things t they want to do this season to honor jordan mcnair. they are all going to be wearing

number 79 stickers on their helmets. mcnair's locker will be encased in glass, and a scholarship will be established in his honor, and the new offensive lineman's room is going to be named after him. ayers also sayhat his memory will live on after this year. >> member of the maryland football team will wear the number 79 through graduation, and he' honored on senior day in his class. >> ao a moment of silence held at the first two home games this year. mcnair died in june after k during heat sdr practice a few weeks earl ier. several members of the administration including the head football coach been placed on live now. the university system's board has taken control of investigation into mcnair's death. wendy and jim, back to you. >> thanks, leon. the trial for the killerve eople at the kazzel newspaper and lawyers for jarrod ramos were given until october

to decide if they will file an insanity plea on behalf. ramos is accused of using a shotgun to blast his way into the newspaper's newsroom. june.as in h killed five people. prosecutors say had a grudge against that newspaper. ramos pled not guilty last month. now to a hair-pulling neck-wrangngattle royale for baby formula. >> surveillance video shows tme attack a clerk at a germantown grocery store earlier this month. >> news 4'sd derrick w explains this is not the first kif fight over formula that investigators ve seen. >> surveillance video from the shopr's grocery store in germantown shows the clerk and the customer caught in a this hair-pulling and a head lock and pushing and shoving all behind theto cr service counter and all over baby formula. happened two weeks ago on a saturday around 9:00 p.m. these two women walked in. >> and they demanded the baby

formula which was being kept in a lock case. >> reporter: apparently a hot item and not just for the parents of bottle-fed babies. goodale says police have charged them w intent to resell it. it's not clear if the woman who attacks t store clerk had that in mind but what should have been a routine transaction ended up in a struggle. >> the clerk did not want to hand over a formula without payiir for it. at that point the suspects went behind the counter andntly assaulted the clerk. >> at one point the second woman goes behind the counter, and its looks like's trying to break up the fight. other employees arrive before the two womennd finally leave walking out almost as casually as they walked in without the baby formula. >> we're asking anybody who watches the video if theyco ize the two suspects to call our robbery >>detectives. eporter: in germantown, derrick ward, news 4. lly over for offic students in d.c. they returned to class today, but an investigation but scott macfarlane and the news 4

shows that 900 teachers are unlicensed which means they are not guaranteed to have all the required training. they also found some are newer teachers, but othersre veterans. safety advocates say unlicensed teachers are more difficult to ack if they are fired for misconduct and then try to cross state lines for a new job again teaching children. the first day of school for g prinrge's county students is september 4th, and this year new children will see som faces in the classroom. more than 1,000 new teachers will be welcoming kids back to the school. the new teachers started training today at bowie state. they will train through wednesday. teachers are going through all sorts of instructions which include literacy and class roam management. the first day of school for eeachers is this thursday. and we h a video that's getting a lot of attention on social meda. >> for g once the prince george's county county park police have joined the l synch challenge. take a listen.

♪ ♪ don't we look good together hetogether >> they have gotovements the lip synch challenge has swept across social media accounts for police stations all over the country. this video has 0,000 views on youtube. make it look easy. >> he has a s cond career. tainly does. >> good for them. still ahead, a new business venture for a reality tv star. why she is bankinges on the suof medical marijuana in prince george's county. and we're tracking the threat of rain and some strong storms out there tomorrow, amelia is back to break it down.

all right. we've been teased with the some cooler temperatures, and it's almost bn a little refreshing for half a day anyway. >> yeah. this is the time of year when wt sto think are we done with the 90s? no, we'reot done with the90s. i'll have the ten-day forecast coming up at 6:50, bute'll be in the 80s this week, but we hit likely 90 degrees out there on your sunda take a look at your weather headlines. the first weather headline,

tomorrow is a storm team 4 weather areport day with strong and severe thunderstorms looking likely as a warm front lists through the area followed by a cold frontn the evening and overnight hours. definitely have the umbrella eandy out there on your tuesday. there's the chaor showers in the morning hours and then scattered showers and thunderstorms out there during the afternoon and evening hours. wednesday is a transition day to more comfortable, beautiful weather, lower humidity moves in throughout the day on wednesday and this weekend right now is looking really ne. keeping it both dry saturday and sunday. future weather at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. notice we srt off the day with mostly cloudy skies. there's a chance for patchy fog out there. maybe a fsolated showers out there on your tuesday morning. as we head through the mid-morningurs, still isolated showers, and then we start to see more rain develop around the midday hours. notice what happens during the afternoon hours, between 2:00 and 3:00. s wert to seat brighter colors

he -- see the brighter color ises and gusty rainfall and could be on the strong side and still tracking scattered thunderstorms and a few showers out there. not a lot of sunshine in the forecast tomorrow. we do start to dry out overnight, and then most wednesday is dry. just the chance for some afternoon currently we're in the 70s and low 80s. 80 degrees right now in washington. 5 in gaithersburg and 76 up in hagerstown. 80 degrees in manassas. tomorrow a high around 83gr s, and, again, it is a storm team 4 weather alert day.l humidity levelering on wednesday with a mix of clouds and sunshine and about a 30% chance f late d showers and storms. a high temperature on wednesday of 86, and then low 80s and spectacular on thursday at friday. wendynd m? >> sounds good. >> coming up, dangerous drivers spotted near schoolszones.

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get busy again. re und the d.c. area kids heading back to the classroom, but they may not be as safe as you think ty are. >> aview by the news 4 i-team reveals thousands of traffic colations orshes near local schools in juste the last th years. >> and as scott mcfarlaacfarlan reports there's better efforts to protect the kids from the drivers. >> reporter: every year at this time as kids returno school -- >> trying to cross this road you fear for your life. >> reporter: hisome sits aew hundred feet from a school in germantown and even closer to a speed camera. >> as soon as they pass the speed camera, it like turns into the drag raceway of the 75 and > 80. eporter: he installed a gate way from iswn kids the road. even with buses and even with

kids? >> yeah. there's a fine example. too fast for the road. >> reporter: state records obtained by the news 4 i-team show hundreds of people have been prosecuted for speeding in school zones in montgomeryun since 20 is a, and in prunty, and nearly 100 in frederick, but in hundreds of other cases we found something else. nearly 100 pedestrians he had walking to or from school in maryland just since 2015. in virginia where they measure scol zone crash eds, we found 600 in fairfax county in the same time frame and 200 each in loudoun and prince william. some the fault of the somedrive the fault of the pedestrians. nearly a dozen of those crashes ended with seone dying. >> i took it really hard. it justen happed. >> reporter: a car struck gwen ward's daughter as she crossed a state highway to get to high school. >> she was deceased by the time i got there. i kissed her and they said you can't touch her.

i'm going to touch her and give her my lastby good-e kiss. >> reporter: ward has asked for reduced speeding and distracted driving in the school zone and distracting walking is a o. problem, >> still have a long way to go. >> reporter: several local police departments plan several enhanced patrols dur zones in the coming weeks. inon momery county, police allowed the news 4 i-team to tag along just before summer breaka hey patrolled outside stone mill elementary. on this day we found parents and the police stopped and cit one father for using a phone. you were using the pho and issued a warning for another for failing to buckle his child. nto the se >> the boys are upset and getting ready to go into school. >> reporter: an estimated one in acted in rs is dis sool zones according to the worldwide roar. everybody seems to be too much in rush. >> yes, the parents are on the

way to work and kids arein return late. everybody running late. >> reporter: in maryland legislators are considering new la requiring a statewide safety review of all school crossings. virginia considered bills to reduce f speeds. wend the commonwealth has prosecuted nearly 22,000 people for speeding in school crossings since 2015. vinny says he's taking into his own hands for now, installing his own camera toni mor the traffic on the street just outside his driveway. wh do you tell your son about going near the street? >> to not pass this>> line. eporter: a lesson for everyone as school zones get bu for another school year. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> and for people who live or work in d.c., question to hav a map of every school zone traffic violation since 2014. can you check it out on our nbc washington up. st search investigation. a federal judge has approved a mental health examithtion of man who attempted to as fssinatemer president ronald reagan. john hinckley is currently under

a court-ordered supervision program at his mother's home in williamsbu. he was released from st. elizabeth's hospital in 2016, and there areany nditions to that release. hinckley has been trying to make that release unconditional. the mental evaluation is expected to be done end of the year. an independent police auditor review clears fairfax county police in the arrest of a blogger last fall in anondale. michael stark iii of share blue media was arrested after a confrontation with pice who asked him to stop swearing in front of children at the parade last october. stark was covering republican gubernatorial candidate ed gillese who had a float in that parade. the confrontation with police started wh stark stood in the road and blocked llespie's float. he was later found guilty of disorderly conduct and ordered pay a $500 fine. the youngest owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in

maryland is set to open shop a couple weeks from i now prince george's county. her location joins a growing number of pot providers that have cropped up in our regio our county bureau chief tracee wilkins talked with this bowie native about the ups and downs of joining the ever expanding legal cannabis industry. 26-year-old hope wiseman had an interesting business idea just after graduating college. >> i reali that had maryland was about to start their medical cannabis programs. >> reporter: so she pitched opening a medical marijuana dispensary to her mom who is a dentist and dr. larry yant, a family friend. when your daughter came to you and said i want to start selling marijuana, what did you stay? that was theeginning of the company in capital heights, but the three would quickly learn it wouldn be easy to open an african-american owned and operated medical marijuana tspensary. >> we have get people from thinking this drug is a psychoactive drug that makes you

go out and dorazy things. no, we need to educate on the medicinal propertief cannabis and what's really happening in your body when you're using it. >> reporr: once licensees made it through the costly and lengthy bureaucratic state process, there was the obstacle of finding an actual location. >> the challenges in the zoning here irie george's has been well documented, and it's one of the most difficult places in the state to locate. >> reporter: lobbyist darryl carrington helped craft the legislation and represents clients help to open dispensary. he's concerned about accessibility to marijuana in prince george's county. >> we're getting medical deserts. >> reporter: that's what hope and her mom are trying. to st >> we're here to help those people who need our help. those sick children with epilepsy and the adults who have i ma alzheimer's or other diseases. 's what we're here. >> printy is allowed to have up to 1 medic marijuana

dispensaries. so far including onc in operation, there are four. as you drive down busy roads in alexandria the cityecently adopted a zero vision plan to eliminate all serious fatalities and route 1 was an obvious area of focus. the speed limit just dropped from 35o miles per hour 25 along route 1 near the busy potomac yard shopping area. >> up. reasons we chose route 1 is because with all the democrat in potomac yard and the changes in the corridor over the past few ears the street is already designed for a slower speed. >> i'm amazed you can d even 25 there. police will be out enforcing the you in speed limit. virginia lawmakers will return to richmond for a special session this, on august 30th. they have to redraw the commonwealth's ledge lative map

because in june a federal court that 11 districts and the house of delegates were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. rs to urt ordered lawma redraw the state map and do i by september 30th. republicans will convene for the special session while appealing changes. >> a woman falls off a cruise ship and survivors after treadingen hours in water. >> and a fireball 40 times brighter than the moon shoots over the sky. coming u e thelanation from nasa, but, first, here's amelia. >> and oday wasd.c. public school's back-to-school day, so what can you expect tomorrow? some thunderstorms are in theca forest forest i'm going. t

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sky in alabama last week turns out it was a mleor. se security cameras caught the fireball as ittreaked across the sky on friday. nasa says it was about six feet in diameter moving at more than 53,000 miles an hour and then it exploded. 18 miles up in the sky, above the small town of grove oak. the bright light it created was about 40 times brighter than the moon. >> that is e somethinge. now to an accident aboard a cruise ship and a p jer's remarkable story of survival at sea. aritish woman namay longstaff was rescued over the we aend after falling off high jek on the "norwegian star." the ship was in the adriatic s 60 miles from the coast of croatia and headed for venice when aflong fell overboard around midnight. her friends sounded the alarm and the captain doubled bark. plane joinednd a the search.

the croatian coast guard found her the next dayut exhausted. she had been treading water for about ten hours. >> so these wonderful guys rescued me. i am very lucky to be alive. >> as for how longstaff was able to tread water for ten hours, she gives credit to her training in yoegor. she said she sang to herself aring the night to take her mind off that cold water. >> and a prominent voice in the me, too movement is alleged to haveaid off her accusing. italian actress asia argento made accusations in october when she accused fellow actor harvey instein of raining her but it rgento eged that sexually assaulted a 17-year-old when she was 37. in april argento agreed to pay him nearly $400,000. this is according to documents sent to the "new york times." three people familiar with the se told "theho times"

documents are authentic, but nbc news hasde not indntly verified them argento and her lawyer did not respond to questions f comments. as for her accusations against weinstein, he's d ied any non-consensual sex. argento was dating celebrity chefnt new bourdain when she made those accusations against weinstein a reached the settlement with bennett and bourdain committed suicide in june. imone biles made a powerful statement in honor of sexual abuse kur vifrs. she broke records in boston and did it with a teal outfit that she designed. the color is the same one used on ribbons for sexual assault and prevention. biles said the colors for the survivors. back in january she revealed she was among the young girls and women who were sexually assaulted by former team usa doctor larry nassar. >> ns 4 has obtained new video

of a suspect being taken into custody after he allegedly rammed vehicles. ande're tracking the threat of some strong storms for tomorrow, folks. amelia is back with th timing and

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grand jury's scathing report. cardinal wuerl's name is mentned repeatedly in that report. the scandal is being called a cover-up. pope francis released letter today condemning the abuse. tonight we're hearing from a mosque leader about last night's frightening conf ntation in northern virginia. >> a man is under arrest after police say he began threatening to kill everyone. >> reporter: bureau chief julie carey just obt vned neweo of the suspect in springfield. >> we're at the majidsqoor in the springfield area. the incident took place last night as were leaving evening prayers. the man who has been arrested for making threats, a longtime member of this muslim community, and he recorded part of the indent on facebook live. >> these guys are not leaving now i'm goio kill them myself. i'm going to walk through the back. >> reporter: this is man who made the video facing multiple felony charges. the 22-year-ol khan began threatening to kill everyone he

letuntered, refusing t them into the mosque. at one point he began ramming cars in the parking lot, including one that had someone sitting in it. that brought a call to 911. fairfax county police said when their officer arrive khan drove towards the officer a blocked the road. khan began screaming and cursing the officer but wasaken into custody. no one was injured. i spoke off aamera to trustee of the mosque. he says that khan haseen attending this mosque since he was a child. last iew what happened night as a medical condition, and they want to be able to help him. s in e meantime, mr. khan the frederick county adult detention center facing five felony charges and other-ins demeanors. i in springfiel julie carey, news 4. get a look at our forecast. we have seae lovelyer heading our way giving us a nice break from this excruciatingly hot and humid summer. >> ,ye and the nice weather will be moving in on thursday

and friday. tomorrow weit defy want to have the umbrella handy. it's a weather alert day with some showers and thuorms out there. some storms during the afternoon and evening hours and the stronger and maybe even severe side especially about 3:00 and sock p.m. that -- 3:00 and so10:00 p.m. we actually have a cold lifting through the area and we'll pool rainhances from the warm and cold front. what does that mean for you? s anrms tomorrow could have heavy rain and strong gusty ndnds. isolated flooding potential for wind damage, and i also can't rule out some hail and a weak tornado tomorrow. the winds are right in the atmosphere where we could get some rotation out there, so someing will be keeping a close eye on. i'll be here once again tomorrow during the afternoon and eveni hours, so at the bus stop some patchy fog with a chance for showers. 72 and recessed potentially indoors with scattered showers

out there and maybe a rumble of r and by pickup scattered showers and thunderstorms 83 degrees, so tomorrow after school want to plan that indoor activity just in case you are aling with rain. trees coming in low and grasses and weeds are merate. grasses have been low for sometime now so we're starting to see that come up.so ur mold spores are coming in high. as we talk about the humidity levels tomorrow, it's oppressive out there and not only are we dealing with rain and rm thunders but it's a muggy mainly cloudy day. the humidity does dimish roughout the day on wednesday and then on thursday, well, it's feeling like fall out there. really comfortablepe you can up your windows wednesday night, thursday night and friday night as well. overnight lows falling into the 50s and 60s across thea. a tomorrow might not be the best day to head to the playground with the scattered thenderstorms inforecast, but wednesday probably going to be just fine and only about a 30% chance for some late day showers and otherwise a mixture of clouds

and suand gorgeous on thursday. heading , the playground make some outdoors plans, i going to be fabulous on thursday and friday as well with highs in the low 880s. all sunshine and take a look at these lows. we start off thus around 68 and start off friday in the mid-60s. mi60s again on saturday morning and saturday afternoon looking really nice. highs in the low to d-80s a plenty of sunshine. sundays, it does start to feel a little bit humid out there with tempatures around 90 degrees and here's the thing. we're keeping the weekend forecast completely b dryh saturday and sunday. you can seat 90 the ae the 90 l next monday and tuesday and next wednesday and thursday we even start to warm into the d-s, so a bit of a heat wave and before that a littl taste o fall out there on thursday andi fr. wendy and jim. >> we'll taketh it. ameliaank you. coming up, a former mvp joining the redskins rank. 'll hear from adrian peterson

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adrian peterson is coming t save the da >> you could say that. hopefully, i mean, if he can stay healthy this hiseason, i it's a really great addition for the redskins. he's one of the greatest running adriain the league, and peterson is now calling the redskins home. he worked out for the burgundy and golduthich turned o to him being t newest member just hours later. agreeing to a one-year d with the redskins ands this comes one of the mostecorated free agents the skins have ever

signed. he's a seven-time pro bowler and he ranks 12th on the nfl's all-time rushing list but health has been an issueince the last few seasons. he's missed 19 games over the last two years. a long off-season and doubts about his ability, but peterson ppy to be in washington. >> you know, i'm exciting. it's been a long utoff-season, i've been keeping my body in shape and red for this opportunity, so -- so when thi p opportunityresented itself, i was just excite aed, you. know my friend william, we talked about it several times, i need to get up the behind you guys, but me knowing what i have left in the tank, that's kind of the only thing that kind of me a little bit, but i knew in due time the opportunity will present itself. he's the g.o.a.t. one of the best running backs n nfl history, you know, hand down, so,is skill set is one

of a kind, it's rare, so, yeah, ofimcourse, having here is going to do big things for us. that's my brother so it's this is the best place for him to be. >> reporter: on social mediatek re putting this picture out on instagram of the two former oklahoma teammates. while peterson signed that contract, the caption texas to ou to d.c., #htttr. redski safety d.j. swearinger welcoming peterson with an edited photo of him in a 28 jersey. not shower that's available. no one has worn it since hall of famer darrell greene retired. not sure if peterson would like that. might make him feelld. the he comes to the redskins in part due to the loss of derrius kiguice. the r posting this picture having surgery on his torn acl with dr. mes andrews. the redskins and their fans excited to see what the rookie could do thi season, but we'll

have to wait until next year. he tore his acl in the first preseason game against the patriots. guice promising he'll come bac ronger and better next season. for the first time we're hearing from thefo maryland ball players following the death of their teammate. the guys will be keeping sure the memory of jordan mcsnare in college park. among the ways the team wil hono mcnair this season, they will be wearing his number 79 on their hummets. that nber will be retired unti after what would be mcnair's senior season in 20. he'll also be honored on that senior day and maryland will hold a moment of silence before their first two home games and mcnair's locker will be encased in glass, and the school has set up a school rathership fund in his name. always the team hopes to keepr' mcn memory alive. >> we come here today as the univerlty of maryland footb players to change the conversation. it's a time to get back to what is important, and that's honoring our f,len frie brother and teammate jordan mcnair. the moment that we stop saying

his name,ha the moment we begin to forget, his legacy will begin to fade, but we plan to ve his legacy live on forever. this season jordan'st spi will be living within each and every one of us. every play we make and snap wen take will be jordan's honor in maryland's first game will be on september 1st. now duponte.united is on a streak and making a push for the playoffs this. games this pasteek resulted in three crucial wins, and these players feel the change around the team and the city. >> i've had a lot of friends that usually go toizards games and caps games and nationals games and rarely ever come to d.c. united games, and now i can't -- i can't le, you know -- my phone is off the hook now, you know, i'metting calls re and there for tickets. it's like d.c. united game is thetoottest ticket i right now, and i think that's very exciting and we've jot got embrace it. >> wow. they are putting on a show out there.

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