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>> juror speaks. she just helped convict paul manart. now, this former trump supporter is sharing what went on inside deliberations. and betsy devos, a newr pl nding weapons in schools. more kids are going back to school in our area. a ll tell you about that in second. it's 4:31. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> if you're waking up in west virginia, expect morffic on the roads. >> new school year starting we have a throwback thursday for you. it is thursday, right? >> oh. >> he looks exactly the same. >> still trying to hide his

hair. >> that's an adorable picture, aaron. >> i think there's one. >> look at you. >> oh, mygoodness. >> the pose and everything. >> did you do that yourself? m>> don't let hurt you. >> did somebody tell you to put your hand o your hip? >> of course they do. >> didn't have to tell you. >> it's been there all mylife. >> born like that. we want to look at your weather and t on this business morning. >> we're going to start with the forecast. chuck and sheena lead us off this morning. >> car sky overnight. if you did not step out since last eving, you're in for a treat.t. it's nice >> drive to work with the windows down. >> low humidioo. that's for your hair. >> good hair day. great hair day. today willbl be pro the best hair day we've seen since summer began. you can count on that.

it's 68 degrees. winchester is 59 degrees. i think a couple of areas could get up in the upper 50s. it's going to feel fall-like outside to you when you steput the door. cold front has moved through. thero dry is filtering in. and this is bringing down the cooler, drier air mass from canada. here's your forecast at the bus stop. some suburbs can be in the upper 50s, feeling like fall. if you are driving, sun glare on the roads. beautiful f recess. if you pick the kids up, some could be in the upper 70s. good morngg. goo be as you mentioned, busy onhe roads in some spots. silver springs,outhbound georgia. that work zone on the beltway. two work zones, on the

interloop. e in mclean after the toll road and then, 4 annapolis there. as we zoom out, no problems. ed 95 in maryland. going to tak you 11 minutes. new overnight, she's an avid trump supporter that just convicted the former campaign chairman of fraud. one of the jurors that decided paul mafort's fate spoke to fox news. >> she wanted manafort to be innocent. but the evidence was clear. duncan said that would have been the outcome for the ten more charges except for one juror who held out. >> we all tried to connce her to look at the paper trail. we laid it out in front of her again and again. and she said she had a reasonable doubt.

that's the wayhe jury worked. >> special counsel robert mueller's office has until wednesday to decide whether to retry manafort on the other ten charges. he will go on trial in d.c. >> the other jurors' identities will remain.secret paula duncan wanted america to know more about the evidence. as for the michael cohen case, president trump is accusing his former lawyer to lying under pressure to get a pleadeal. he sounded off on twitter after cohen inmri kamplicated him in accusations. chris lawrence is at t lye >> the department of education is considering allowing states to use federally funded grants o buy guns for teachers,

according to an article in the ew york times". they were prohibited to use the money to buy firearms. the education department is using student support in academic enrichment grants. those make no mention of limiting weapons. that would allow the secretary of education to use her discreti discretion. betsy devos could use that grant money for firearms or firea training. after the school shooting in park lap parkland, devos saidho gunsd be an option. school bells are ringing this morning. there are three new schools in loudon county. loudon count is the third-largest school system in a virg they are expected to have more

than 83,000 students thischool year. loudon is rolling outll-day wi kindergarten and counselors. elliot-hine middle school is closed for the t rest ofhe week because of flooding damage. buses will take students to class tod and tomorrownd take them back to elliot-hine in the afternoon. ohio state has suspended its head football coach. urban meyer will beuspended r the first three games of the upcoming football season. the school says meyer did notno learnh after learning of a domestic violence of one of his coaches. a firefighter is suspended after one of these atvs went through town. the vehicles are not street-legal.

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of their system, it won't cause issues. doctors warn there is a deadly outcome for humans, too. fairfax county first responders responded to a family of threef sufferin stomach pain. they had eaton the mushrooms the weather will be less favorable for growing mushrooms over the coming days. the humidity levels are propng. the car wash forecast, yes, yes, yes. no rain for days to come. sheena looks at the outlook that looks very hot next week. plus, cell phone crackdown. know how hard it is to disconnect. coming up, a look at a new program at a local

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violations. he is trying ay down his exposure as the white house insists he has done nothing wrong. >> susan mcginnis is on capitol hill. >>at are lawmakers saying about this? t is varied. republicans are ignoring cohen and sticking with russia. this provides no evidence of russia meddling, collusion or any evidence aboutia ru democrats, a little more dramatic, calling it a constitutional crisis and saying thepresident'sctions are indictable. they're calling for a ordelay confirmation hearings bisause of all the president's reaction in addition to the 1:00 a.m. tweetn sayicollusion, no witch hunt. usually we get his tweets anro hour now. he is distancing himself cohen and disparaging cohen

saying he's not a very good lawyer. we have a robbery at a busy shoe store. d.c. police need your help finding these people. police sayht they stole e pairs of shoes at the dsw store. they took shoes and toward the exit. when the employee approached them, one of thes suspe pulled out a taser. call police if you recognize i-95 can be a headache, no matter where you get on road. but some relief can be comin to one of the worst spots in our area. ree new lanes are being added to a six-mile stretch in fredericksburg. they will be route 17 to route 3. draw that on there. they broke ground on the project yesterday. and drivers we talke , often get stuck in gridlock, are welcoming that change. >> not only pack a lunch, bring

a chef. >> so many people now. what do you te? >> sta leaders open the lanes will be completed in fou ars. that means it's going to behat much harder to get through there for four years. >> when you put it that way. >> it's a nightmare driving home somemes. clearing that battle ne ing thi help people riding home. it can take three hours to go from d.c. to fredericksburg. i have been in it. > we're always working for you. this time, the governor of virginias taking notice. the governor wants better treatments for the families that are losing their homes to the i-66 expansionproject. we told you p about someple losing their homes to eminent domain. they were not getting much hp

to find a comparable home. the governor saw the story and during a radiointerview, he said he had put vdot on notice and hired a new relocation company to help those families. >> when someone says, you need to move and we're going to tear your house down, that's dramatic. t residents say they're encouraged but tt will be what they can find in the hot real estate market. onen high school the district is trying to go cell phone-free. to tudents ar now required store their cell phones for the entire day. they have to hut off their phones and put them in a yonder bag. the bags are locked and left on their dk. at the end of the class, they are called up froo unlock

the bags. >> if there's an emergency and i can't get t myphone, i would start to panic myself. i would want to make sure my mom knows i'm okay. >> if the school has to be evacuated, ts teacher will bring out theic magnetic deve to unlock the phones. the bags cost about $5,000. the money to buy them came from the parents association. >> there'snd good bad. the girl makes a really good point. >> i understand where things are coming from. things are different than when we were in school. >>ve we didn't ell phones. >> we didn't. >> m figsrst cell phone was giant. >> speaking of good days. we're going to have great days ahead. >> fantastic enather. ou step outside this

morning, a lot of youhinks it is feeling like fall. and some b suburbs could up in the upper 50s. less humidity makes iteel more pleasant. by sunday, we'll be getting closer to 90 degrees. and theumidity will start to rise, too, which leads us into next week. it's 68 degrees in washington. 63 in manassas.he wier is at 59 right now. stcold front has passed through. the north wind will pulling down the less humid air mass from canada. if you're exercising today, just perfect weather. this morning, i would recommend exercising outside if you can. it will be a little breezy.

low 70s. low humidity in the afternoon. lowle 80s. just a perfe day. tomorrow looks good, too. the weekend looks fantastic, as well. one of the last weekends of summer. sunshine across your weekend. le 85 on dsaturday. he beach, it will be around 80 degrees. look at nex week. hot and humid. the dog days of summer return. we're back in the 90s. let's check the roads on this thursday. >> interloop at annapis road. other work zones have cleared. one left lane is getting by. you can see the delays on the screen. 66 at germantown road. silver springs, one right lane getting by.

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"america's got talent" tuesday and wednesday on nbc 4. the redskins loses a key player in definitely. travis frederick has been diagnosed with anutoimmune disease, a disorder that affects 1 in 1,000 people, according to the cdc. he missed a week of training samp with what was described as stingers before deeiagnosis. the nationals might be on a hot streak since getting rid of two star ryan zimmerman hits one to right field that t umps call a double. the call is overturned. zimmerman rounds theer bases a the walkoff homer. g thate the nationals their 11th win. that's zimmerman's seventh

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"news 4 today" starts now. >> good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm erika gonzales. it's t first day of school for many of you. >> for any of the kids feeling a bummed out summer is over, we have something that might cheer you up. the throwbacks, the news 4 today team. lou can laugh at us this morning. at this one. can you take a guess? >> i love that necklace. she's so fashionable.

>> if you guess this is chuck bell, you're close. >> she looks bratty. >> i was so sweet. >> that's sheena's picture. >> pul up chuck's. >> smiling from then to now. justin bieber before bieber was a twingekleis mother's eye. >> where are the glasses? >> i didn't need glasses until i started to get up at 1:00 in the morning. >> the weapon lunchbox. >> that's one young melissa. >> i could carry sheena in that ox. >> something a teamster would carry. >> she uses that toy. melissa starts eating the minute she walks in. >> if youha needed for the jumbo pencils. >> yes. >> the top of it had a thermos. you used to lock a