minutes. our days in the classroom. >> that's the cutest girl i've .ever se >> all you do is look in the mirror, right? >> oh, it's me. >> that's sheena parveen. >> tha was first grade or kinlder guakinld kindergarten. look at my necklace. >> that's the fakest smile i've ever seen. >> that's back in the days when you had to crank t the phoneo make a phone call. >> looks like a part of "the brady bunch" in that picture. t >>re we go, melissa, before she joined the use 4team. she was a student and a construction worker. >> a teamster. >> i'm pretty sure her dad gave her a tool box for alu hbox. >> that's what construction workers take to the job. >> i don't kno what's the problem.

>> is that your lunchbox today, melissa? he is carrying big bags. >> you have no ideaow much food melissa consumes. i don't know how she's so skinny. >> right there. >> we'll show you more throwback pictures later on. >> yes. let's get to business. weatinr and traffic comg your way. we start with chuck and sheena. what do you have? >> i love the school pictures. i really do. they are fun. >> you look kind of t same. >> much the same. >> i didn't have gray hair a >> you're little tanner. >> a little tanner. >> a little haier. >> i w a happy kid. i didn't eat a lot. what can you do? that's how you stay thin. alear sky over washington this morning. it is supercomfortable outside. if you haven't stuck your nose out the front door yet, you will appreciate what you find on the otheride of the door this morning. temperatures have fallen into the 50s and 60 ms fort areas.

some 40s on the map in western maryland. the beautiful weather is here. cool mornings, low humidity, 100% sunshine and 0% chance for rain for at least the next four to five days. may be longer in t oakland, maryland 66 at national aport. 66 at the bay, which is hard to do. the bay water temperatures are above 80 degrees. if you're looking for something to complain about, it will be a little breezy. perfect kite flying weather. >> chopper 4 over the beltway, looking good. chopper 4 will head to annandale, inner loop, sounds like we have multiple lanes blocked, probably overturned cars. laurel, route 1, still had the right lane blocked by the water main break. that could hang yoaround.

travel times are looking good. the beltway is going to start being an issue near braddock road inner loop. 6:03 right now.in happ today, hawaii is bracing for a category 4 hurricane. this is a look at the monstrous storm from the international space statn.it hows how massive that hurricane is. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest on this. >> we just checked with chuck bell. he said residents on the big t island will st feel the hurricane later this morning. here's a look at some of the preparations under way. the governor signed an emergency proclamation to speed up the response. the governor hasob mized the national guard, getting them ready to respond to calls. the red cross has opened its shelters. lane is making a turn north toward hawaii. it could bege the str hurricane to hit the islands in

25 years. unlike folks in texas or florida, who can get in their cars and drive hundreds of miles residentsthe storm, of hawaii have to hunker down. >> thank you. 6:0 right n4. parents and kids areor ready school. >> molette green is at goshen. >> this is a big new school to handle the explosion of growth in loudon tyco goshen post. 1,150 students will walk through the doors this morning. this is some of the incredible staff, teachers, the pta leader is talking to parents and know how how the students are feeling about

today. >> all of our parents arete ex to send their kids to goshen post. we've been watching theti constr project throughout the last year. and we're excited to be in this building. e an amazing staff that's excited about the project wabas learning. >> reporter: we're talking about not just sitting i the class. they're going to be learning through lifeexperiences. >> they will be doing. >> reporter: are we excited or what? [ chee ] >> goshen post elementary school in loudon county. we're veryex ted. the gator is pumping up the crowd. we're going to be back with more later in the'l hour. have the superintendent join us to talkkibout k off the brand-new school year. right? >> playing the soundtrack to every teacher's playlist, "i will survive." in loudon county, road crews

will be working to repair a sinkhole on stumptown road in loudon county. this is near bankfield drive.or thek is scheduled to besh fi tonight. vdot says there's a chance it won't be done until friday. >> students at a flooded d.c. middle school will be back in >> justin finch is live outside eliot-hine middle school in northeast d.c. justin, what's the plan for today? >> hey, aaron. while crews are making repairs here today and tomorrow inside of eliot-hine, students a staff will be holding class in another school, off-caus. let's take you to a map where all of this is laid out for you. buses will transport those students to garnet-patterson middle school. boarding for the buses will begin at 8:00 a.m. and return the students back to eliot-hine by 3:15 for dismissal. students can be picked up from

garnet-patterson, starting at 2:45. th be dropped off between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m. the will be limited adult supervision before 8:45 a.m. let's take you inside and show you some of the problems. you see the damaged ceiling there. thers flooding in several areas of eliot-hine as a result of the heavy rains we saw mthe ugh here on tuesday. and back live, now, a word f parents with questions. you can call that eliot-hine number. we will connect you to garnet patterson whe sff will be standing by to answer questions. some breaking news in now.. police are in the middle of a homicide investigation. chris lawrence at t live desk. >> another man was shot and killed overnight. and d.c. police are looking for four men wearing dark clothes. it happened in edgewood, 7th and

girard street paramedics rushed the victims to the hospital. this marks 100th homicide in 2018. this time last year, there had been 73. homicides are up 36% in d.c. >> thank you. a devg story this morning. one of the biggest names in college football will not be on the sidelines to start the season. >> ohio state suspended urban meyer for three games for the way he handled the case of an assistant coach accused of domestic violence. the action was handed down. ohio state's athletic director was also suspended without pay for a two-week period. >> as a headcoach, you're responsible for everyone's behavior. that's a difficult thing t do. we all know that. however, there were red anflags. known.h i had nope

i wish i did a better job of finding things out. >> meyer said he thought it wa't his job to do anything about the allegations against smith unless law enforcement took action. falloutdetails on the from the catholic church sex scandal. a school named after cardinal donald wuerl is changing its name. the school north of pittsburgh will be called north catholic high school now. earlier this week, the sign out front was vandalized. you see it here. a report accused wuerl of helping cover up seas abuse, which he denies. he asked the school to remove his name b so it would na distraction. michael cohen is willing to testify before congress. on tuesday, cohenle paded guilty to taxvasion andn cam

finance violations. made hush money paymentso t two women. the president has remained defiant following the plea deal and the conviction of paul manafort on financial crimes. yesterday, the president sat down with fox news. >> did you know about the payments? >> later on i knew. later on. they weren't taken out of campaign finance. that's a bigger thing. did they come out of the campaign? they didn't come out of the campaign. they came from me. >> cohen's attorney says cohen would not dacept a pardon. s said he set up a gofundme page to pay for cohen's legal fees. omingup, how health officials hope toight the opioid epidemic with marijuana. and under arrest. what a country singer did that led to her being handcuffed and moved from the >airport. and a whale of a tale. we'll tell you about getting

thatlose to a whale. as the sun is about to come up, it will look like that. skies.tely sunny a beautiful day in the forecast. northwest wind will give us tha lo humidity. thuck has the afternoon forecas

here at the live desk with breaking news out of paris,re where t has been a deadly knife attack. we're working out some of the detaile here's what can tell you. two people and the attacker have been killed. reuters is reporting that the suspect attacked his mother and sister. the attacker was found and shot d killed by police.

isis did claim responsibility. that's in question. there's been other attacks in paris andlocations, many of them claimed by isis. >> thank you. 6:15 right now. nsd some think medical marijuana could be ther to overcoming the nation's opioid crisis. >>far, the only evidence that cannabis helps withs pain i coming from patients. some are skipping over to medical marijuana. there's no science that shows it works. the federal government considera juana a schedule 1 drug, the same as heroin. that means research i restricted. 30 states have legalized some form of medical cannabis. we haveot heard from a country star arrested on a flight of an airplane. this is gretchen wilson. she was arrested for allegedly

crting a disturbance on the flight. wilson was in town to perform a privat show at a casino. she gained fame with her song "redneck woman." you might have heard the expression, a whale of a >>tale. some whale watchs have quite the tale to tell after a the thrill e them a lifetime. >> oh. >> you know how cold that water is? >> they're all happy. >> everybody got soaked. you can hear tbe excitement cause they were so close to that whale. if you wan to have your own clos encounter, this happened near pleasant island, yaska. if're headed that way, you

look for that guy. >> the key word, alaska. the water would be really cold. >> frigid. nothing like that around here. a noticeable change. 66 degrees as youtep outside is morning. >> some spots are made it all the way down into the 40s across western maryland. best news in the forecast. cooler than average, all of my vorite descriptors here this time of the year. the very lt thing w need now is rainfall. we have an t ability go the next 7 to 10 days, perhaps, without any rain and not have that be a huge problem because look at the rainfall surpluses here, for the year-to-date. a 14-inch surplus. 17 at dulles. it the about as green an august

as i have ever seen in the washington area. it will be a good day for gardening today, as uwell. idn't have to waste your money watering at all.d- s this morning. mid up toer eupper 70s. this is a perct timeo put the weed product down. anything you spray will not run off. you can get the weeds undnd control ready to get the grass seed down, two to four weeks from now. high pressure blowing the moisture and the rain chances ay. on the front end of this today. that's ath nsterly win. as that moves offshore this weekend, we'll keep the low humidity for today, tomorrow, on into the first half of the weekend, as the high goes offshore. our winds come back around and we get hotter for next week. bright sunshine the nextouple

of days. it will feel like summertime. and sheena has the long forecast, a long stretch of 90-degreeys the first 4 traffic alert. in virginia, this isnn loop before braddock road. chopper 4he over scene. looks like two overturned vehicles. we just got off the phone with police, there are injuries. the right side of the roads blocked. the express lane is feuned. look at the different vantage point here.ri ght here, bottom left corner, that's where the problem is. the backups are building in the last couple of minutes. they started to stretch back to 395 on the inner loop. arlington north westmoreland, all lanes blocked there. the travel times in maryland right no virginia is going to get messy. nnbound 66 and 95 are okay.

remember to liso wtop when you hop in your car. still a ahead, look inside a new d.c. charter school, unlike any other. who it's for and whyde acs aren't the only thing being taught. > and a wom who served on the jury for the paul manafort trial.ay what she ss stopped

you're watching "news 4 today." >> back-to-school season in full swing right now. many of you might post pictures of your kids on social media. there's a new study that many

parents ignore the dangers of postingictures online. more than 70% of parents agree that these photos could end up in the wrong hands. half of the parents say they would post a picture of their child wearing a schooluniform. a brand-new charter school is up and running in d.c. statesman preratory school for boys opens up. >> it is a uniqueca eon site for black and brown boys. and the school places a premium on relationships. in this room, 60 first grade boys and the staff will work on the school's core values, relationships, rigor, and relations. >> they want to be in deeppe rsonal, bonded relationships t wi adults that preside over them and with the students

that share the classroom. >> reporter: he believt building trust and excellence leads to excellence in math and reading for boys that learn differently. >> they need to make the cu iculum that's relevant f them. they need to ask questions and need to talk to each other. they need to be in groups that support each other. >> reporter: 23-year-old lamar bethea is in his second year l aching. he leads the soc studies and social justice class called kings 101. he knows he will be teaching much more. >> i look forward to being a role model for them. a lot of them can't conceive of someone that looks like me in a professional position. >> reporter: as the school year starts, the boys will earn their way into these empty classrooms it's part of a philosophy of xp hightations that will follow them throughout their time. >> high standards, high structure, high support and high celebratio those four things come together to create the high expectations rtat we want for all children. >> reporter: theer school opens with a staff of 15, mostly black and mostly male, what is

happy by-product of efforts to find the best staff for this program and the studen it serves. >> this community said very lo and clear that something different needs to happen for boys. the research is clear. these young men need to see positive images of themselves. >> on opening day, the students saw more positive images. these are men showing the students a welcome when they show up to the school. all-smiles. statesman put out a call to the community. many of them showed up to start the year with celebration and encouragement for these fourth graders here. really good effort. >> one of the biggest goals for this school is to get these boys on a track to college and have them come back to the community and build it up as adults. >> a beautiful story. we wish them the best uck on this new start of the school year. still ahead, classrooms without cell phones. it's hw, we grew up. t is a reality again at a local school. we're going to show you the program that is forcing students

to disconnect during the school day. for those heading out to the bus stop this morning or driving to work, we're talking about windows doou. ife outside, feeling like fall, temperatures will be in the mid- for most of the area after the sun comes up. enty of sunshine, low humidity. we'll look at the afternoon forecast next. > cutting down on congestion > cutting down on congestion by expanding

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s now.ews 4 today" sta >> as we approach 6:30, a live look outside one of loudon county's new schools. there's an alligator. it's opening its doors for the first time, first school year, in just a few minutes. >> mom, come pick me up. this gator is weird. 1,150 students will head back to school today. we will check in loudon in a few minutes. we want to get to theut co and the forecast. we're going to start with the traffic on the beltway. >> this is a real mess for a lot

of people here. we're talking about a three-mile backup. look at this right now. this is the north springfield area. chopper 4 over this. look at the delay, inner loop near braddock road, two overturned vehicles here. a three-mile delay. looking at the beltway, you can see the slowdown here at the bottom of the beltway. if you're headed northbound on i i-95, you have to bail out because of the slowdown. this looks like a bad crash. we spoke with police a couple minutes ago. they sd, yes, we have juries. a> we did see one person being transported as wived on the scene here. looks like everybody is out of the vehicle. now, the cleanupgi . what a serious cleanup. two overturned vehicles. one more involve in that rollback behindhe fire truck.

as we turn chopper 4 here, i can show you the delay, absolutely terrible. we see the brake lights just before the mixing bowl. but the express lanes are s lookingmooth. that's worth the money this morning. >> arlington, were shut down near westmoreland. we will look at the travel times and update on the beltwayg problem, com. good morning,y. everyb what a wonderful way to get thursday started. this is the kind of weather -- when people ask, why would you live in maine? to have summers just like this all summer long. >> pretty cool all summer long up there. but here, it feels a little like fall as some of you start the morning. if you're in traffic, the windows are down. enjoy what's goingid on ou we have clear skies.

the drier air is moving in from canada. that's giving us this beautiful picture of the clears. sk and a little breeze out there, too. that's going to keep temperatures cooler for some of you, as youak up and walk outside. we're in the 50s. 63 dulles, warrington, 69 degrees. some suburbs in the upper 50s. breezy and sunny, great outside for recess forir the day of school for many. by the time you pick them up, we ould be in about the upper 70s to near 80ee de we'll look at what's coming up through your weekend. >> thank you. it is 6:32 right now. new overnight, one of the virginia jurors who decided manafort's fate spoke to fox news last night. >> paula said she wanted him to be innocent but the evidence was

clear. they found him guilty on seven charges. that wouldave been the same for the other ten charges but b one juror held out. >> we tried to convince her to look at the paper trail. we laid it out in front her again and again. and she said she had a urasonable doubt. that's the way theworked. >> manafort is facing up to teno years in p special counsel robert mueller's office has until wednesday to decide whether to retry mafort on the other ten charges. he will go on ial in d.c. next month. >> the other jurors' identities willemain secret. they received threats. paula duncan wanted america to know more about the evidence. here's a look at the other top stories this morning. the department of education could be considering allowing states to useal fed funded grants to buy guns for teachers. this is according to in today's "new york times."

the grants make no mention of prohibiting weapons. and that loophole would allow the secretary of education, betsy devos, to use her discretion. arlington national cemetery will be open later this morning after a bomb threathr thet was called in late yesterday morning. it involved the entire site, not ju one area. so, hundreds of sffers and law enforcement had to comb through the massive 624-acre property foriving the all-clear yesterda afternoon. funerals at the cemetery wereal lowed to proceed. we're told the cemetery has 10,000 visitors every day. three new lanes are being adde to a six-mile stretch of i-95 in fredericksburg. the virginia governor broke ground on that project yesterday, which will take four years to complete. this morning, a woman and a-year-old girre rekocovering after a terrifying situation.

>> megan mcgrath is live in northwest d.c. where this happened. thhe is not far from little girl's school, right, megan? >> rorter: that's right. the elementary school down street. she was headed home after the end of classes for the day. a scary situation that serves as a reminder that pedestrians and drivers need to be extrafu carel. many of the kids in our regione have gon back to class. take a loo at this video. this happened at theti inters of mckinley and broad branch road in northwest. this is just down the street om lafayette elementary school. the girl and woman were struck by the metro bus. the young woman was under the bus for a time. e 4-year-old was also hurt. the injuries, we're told, are serious, but both are expected to be okay. who is at fault? all of that is under investigation. we don't know yet.

but it serves as a reminder that everyone needs to obey the rules of the road. weomalked with experts. so many kids going to and from class this time of year, what should people do to keep their kids safe? one thing weheard, was people may want to talk about starting up a walking school bus. adults in the neighborhood take walking the kids to class. >> they have certain neighbhoods where one person takes it on mondays and wednesdays. and the other take it onnd tuesdays thursdays and one parent does fridays. >> reporter: older skids can walk to school on their own. but the experts say it's good to give them a frher. talk about the routes and point out the areas that might be dangerous. beforee them a refreshe they start off back to the school year. >> thank you. time right now is 6:36. still ahead, cell phone crackdown. it's hard to disconnect.

up next, a new program that isg forctudents to put their phones away. we're tracking that alert on the beltway for you. trouble on the inner loop.

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i one high schooln the district is trying to go cell phone-free. >> students have to store their cell phones for the entire day. they have to shut off the phones and put i them these yonder bags. the bags are locked and left on their desk. at the end of the class, they are called up front to unlock the bags. some students don't like the idea. there's an emergency and can't get to my phone, 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, the teachers will bring out the magnetic devicto unlock the phones. the bags cost about $5,000. the money touy them came from the parent/teacher student organizati. first 4 traffic alert on the beltway. a major delay that chopper 4 is

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6:45. we're tracking two breaking stories. neave yourself extra time if you take the beltway virginia. this is the inner loop at braddock road. two cars overturned there. we're going to keep an eye on this. our other breaking story, 100 murders in theri di. d.c. police confirm a man was shot and killed overnight, marking the 100th murder in the district this year. this happened at 7th street and girard street northeast. at this time last year, there were 73 homicides in d.c.

we haveer team ce as we get you ready for school this morning. justin finch is l e ind.c., as students are trying to make adjustments today. >> first, we want to send things to molette green, live in loudon county, as they get ready for their first day of classes. hi, molette. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. we are at goshen post elementary school, a brand-nschool, with a new principal, new teaching staff. ncipal and her executive staff. th assistant principal is there. evody is excited about what's going to happen here when the 1,150 students walk through these doors at about 7:30 this morning. and can i just point o that this school has virginia's elementary p.e. teacher of the year? where are you, amy? we want to acknowledge her. we have the superintendent here.

delighted to have dr. aric williams to talk about t expectations. the community, all abuzz about this project-base school. solely focused on making sure the students aren't sitting in a chair, looking at worksheets, but learning by doing. >> everybody is excited about the learning approach. it's about the joy of teachin and the joy of lerp iarning. students are willing to work harder and there deeper learning of content and comp competen mpetencies. >> reporter: they have met the need with so many kids coming in. goshen post, 's time to go and ready to teach. and gigi, the gator, what o?e we going to we're gone. >> fantastic. >> reporter: that's the latest. we're so excited about the o fit da here in loudon county. back to you guys. wonderful. >> get a broom, molette.

you made the drop it o the floor. >> thank you, molette. we want to come back to d.c., where some flood damage has closed eliot-hine school in northeast. >> justin finch is there. th t just got in classrooms a couple days ago. >> reporter: that's right. first week of school hehere. but plan is to continue classes at another school so work crews can continue here. we have this on a map right now. starting at 8:00 a.m., today and tomorrow, buses will board here to carry students to garnet-patterson middle school. the buses will bring the kids back to eliot-hine for dismissal at 3:15. udents can be picked up at arnet-patterson at 2:45 and be dropped off between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m.be in mind there's limited adult supervision before 8:45 in the morning. want to take you inside and show

thu the damage you see to the ceiling e. water damage and flooding in several areas of eliot-hinetu after day's heavy rain here. we can tell you if you call eliot-hine middle school, it will connect you to garnet-patterson. live in northeast, iustin finch, news 4. >> thank you. 6:49 now. new details about the swarm of atv and dirt bike riders that caed problems in arlington. duane wilson, a d.c. firefighter was on an atv that crashed in chinatown on sunday. it's not clear if he was with the other people ill riding through d.c. he was arrested for driving atv n a public space and put on administrative leave. selice made three arrests on sunday and seizeral vehicles. president trump's early orning tweet, quote, no collusion. rigged witch hunt, end quote. it is the latest response to his

former lawyer, michael cohen, admitting to campaign finance violations. now, cohen says he is willing to talk even more. >> he admitted he made two hush money payments to silence women he believed could derail the 2016 xacampaign. the president has reined plea t following cohen's and the conviction of paul manafort on financial crimes. yesterday, the president sat down with fox idws. >>ou know about the payment? >> later on i knew. later on. they weren't taken out of campaign finance. that's biggerthing. did they come out of the campaign? the didn't come out of campaign. they came from me. >> cohen's attorney said that cohen would not accept a pardon from the presidt. he has set up a gofume page to help pay for legal fees. a developing story this one of the biggest names in

college football will not be on the sidelines to start the season. ohio state suspended urban meyer for three games for the way he handled the case of an assistant coach accused of domestic violence. the school's investigation found that yer's action d rise to the level of cover-up. but it warranted punishment. meyer said it wasn't his place to do anything about the allegations unless law enforcement hadaken action. hawaii is bracing for a category 4 hurricane. this is a look at the monstrous storm from the international space station. you see howne big hurri lane is. this storm is putting residents in a position where they have to buckle down now. they have a few hours before it comes through there. shelters opened yesterday on the big island. that could dump up to 15 inches of rain and possibly 2 feet of water in isolated areas. it's not expected t make a direct hit. the storm could be the strongest hurricane to come nea the hawaiian islands in 25 years. 6:51.

want to go back to melissa and brad with theraffic alert. >> big traffic alert in virginia. spring field, before braddock road. ou talk mile backup if about traveling there on the inner loop. no access to westbound braddock. these are two vehicles that were overturned. if you're up 95, you might want to take a back way insteat lookhese delays. 395 if you're riding the beltway to edsall or the express lane. brad is over this. tell us about the progress that's been made in the last ten minutes or so. >> melissa, crews have been working to get vehicles back on their wheels. drivable. they're both on t flatbed tow trucks. hopefully that will be off of the road season. it will be a long morning for

drivers on the inner loop.es the expr lanes are goingo beis worth the cost morning. back to you. >> thank you, brad. look at yourravel times. 270 looks good. top of theer o loop, a little slow going 27 miles per hour. that's going to take 20 minutes. inbound on 66, n terrible. 95 northbound, okay, as well. listen to wtop when you hop in your car. it was a little cool out there this morning. >> a nice, crisp, fall-like feel this morning. if you are in all traffic or about to be, at least you can roll the windows down. windows down morning. low humidity. over the next few mornings, it will feel like fall to some of you. the weekend is looking fantastic. sunday, hotter and more humid. 66 degrees. sun and northwest breeze coming in. the wind is goingur to keep

humidity down throughout your entire thursday. it's 60 in gaithersburg, 63 in annapolis. the wind at 55 degrees right now. the dry air is moving in and it's helping to cool the temperatures. by lunchtime, if you're exercising, this morni looks fantastic. if you do it by lunchtime, exercise, it's a gorgeous day to do it. into the weekend, it looks just as nice, dry across one of the last weekends of your summer. 85 degrees on saturday. 89 sunday, with rising humidity. at thebeaches, going to be cooler. tomorrow, degrees. you need the spf 30 or higher.ar by sunday, thest day at the beach with a high of 83. next week, look at ethat. og days of summer come back. you might have thought that we would start the cooldown. nope. back in the 90s next week and

humidity will b higher, too. it's 6:55. four things to know this morning. isis is climbing responsibility for a deadly knife attack west of paris. we're hearing multiple reports that the attacker stabbed his moth and sister and injured anthher woman. attacker was killed by police. look for the latest on the "t one of the jurors from paul manafort's trial wanted him to be innocent. but the evidence against the ormer campaign chairman was overwhelming. manafort was found guilty on eigh charges. one jouor helt on the other ten. manafo will go on trial in d.c. next nth. crews will be out to repair a huge sinkhole in loudo county. that road opened up after heavy rain. the work is seduled to be finished tonight. but it could take until rr to. some 83,000 kids in loudon county and an alligator are getting ready for school this morning. this is one of the newchools

opening. it's goshen post elementary. we an entire section dedicated to our new school year in our nbc washington app. tomorrow, getting ready for school in the palm of your happened. we'll show you the app of students around here are using and how one university developed a unique way to warn your students about crime. news 4 today, starting at 4:00 a.m. and we are -- >> aw.ld >> i wonder who that is. >> iidn't see that coming. throwb nderrten. k >> wfrhat year would that be? >> the whole area stopped. >> about ten years after you. >> look at this little lady.

>> the disco background. >> the hand on the hip and everything. >> people can see some other throwback pictures on the nbc washington twitter account. loop before braddock road. chopper 4 over the beltway there. backup.ile that's because of two overturned vehicles. the express lane is nic and clear. if you want to pay today, might be worth the money today. >> wonderayhat the would be. a couple of bucks, i'm sure. temperatures will rise from the 50s and 60srnin only82s t degrees, the high tod. cooler weather three days in a row. >> thank you for joining us. the "today" show is up >>next. ac g be b

ood morning. changing test. good morning. changing his story. president trump says he did know about those payments made by his former attorney michael cohen to a playmate and a porn star but denies they were illegal and warning the e nation don'tn think of impeachment. >> if i ever got impeached i think t market would crash. i think everyone would be very poor. >> breaking overnight, a sideline. ohio state head coach urban meyer out for the first three games of the season. he and his boss spended over their handling of meft domestic assa but is this a slap on the wrist for one of the