right now on news 4 midday, a deadly construction accident at a school in maryland. police are taking over the investigatio and this morning police in d.c. are searching for thisn wond baby. the baby's mother accused of giving 7 month old away. and we have plenty of sunshine out there right now. but we also have some rain in thso forecast. we'll talk about that and talk about the return of humidity coming up in a few innutes. good mo i'm chris lawrence. >> and i'm erika gonzalez.

urgent search for this baby police say the baby's mother gave theno child away toer woman willingly on monday and the two haven'teen seen since. >> megan mcgrath has what the police have learned. >> reporter: well, the search is on here. if you take a look hebd mbehinds eou canee all the activity. we have polic officers as well asadets from the police officer aseing in the arch. and quite a few people have beee talking to t officers looking at the picturesrying to provide information. now, they are looking for a missing 7 month old nehemiah ha ha hann rd. he was last seen monday when his mother gave him to nettina thomas. and thomas has not yet returned the baby. so the search is on. police have spent t morni handing outnd flyers a asking

residents if they have seen either the baby or thomas. nehemiah's mother cald police wednesday night right about 10:45 wednesday night because she was worried since thomas had not yet returned the baby. >> it is our understanding that the mother and the person who she turned the child over to would take care of the child anl she return the child by a set time provided by the mother. that had n happened. and so now we're worried and would leak the child returned. >> reporter: and take another look at the picture, this is nehemiah mahansford, he is 7 months old not seen monday. so anyone with information about him or the woman tha he i with, nettina thomas, you are asked to call metropolitan police. back to you. >> megan, thank you. developing this morning, d.c. police confirm a man was

shot and killedgh overnit, it marks the 100th murder in the district this year. this shooting happened near t 600 block of everett street in northeast. at this time last year there had been 73 homicides in the gdistrict. >>at now doctors are treating two people who railroa in this serious crash on the inner loop. fire and rescue officials say i one perso listed in serious condition. the other is critical. word on what caused the vehicles to flip over. today road crews will be working to prepare huge sinkhole in loudon county. yesterday the road opened up after the heavy s,rain this is ter intersectiente intersection drive. it might not be done until friday. today theeaer is picture

perfe perfect. >> what a treat. let's check in withry l ricketts. i'm sure you will tell us it won't last. >> yeah, unfortunately, all good things must come to dn end, but s look like we will be dealing with sunshine at least for a little bit. the humidity will start to come back up. so enjoy this beautiful summer day. picture perfect as aiericka was saying. full sunshine, blue skies out there. a nice breeze coming out of the keeps the hat humidity down. temperatures right now 74 degrees. just so nice o there. and over on the next couple hour, those tcoperatures are ng up to right around 80, that is about as good as it will get for today. nothing on the radar. and lete widen out the view because you can see up and down the eastern seaboard, we are dry. but we'll time out the humidity and heat in about 15 minutes. and we switch to breaking news. n worker has died after

accident at the high school in potomac, this is chopper 4 over the scene. montgomery county rescue officials tell news 4 the worker with us placing the portable structure you see there when he became trapped. no word on how it happened or what safety measures were in place. wepdate you as soon as we learn more. the department of education could be arede conng allowing states to use federally funded grants to buy guns for teachers about that this is according to the "new yo this year congress passed a school safety bill that allocate money to local school districts, but row hi prohibited schools from using the money to buy firearms. so theepartment is looking for a loophole. possibly grants that don't hav strictions on weapons and could allow the secretary of education betsy devos to use her

discreti discretion. >> first day of classes in loudouco ty, and molette green checked i with the staff at a new school before students arrived. >> reporter: oh, yeah, it is the first day of school here. and are we ready? i'd say brand new school building, new staff, everything is new to welcome on the 1150 students into thero cla today. because they will have their jitters, but we're ready. principal ann hines and her executive staff and all of the staff andteachers, some of themj here tot welcome the kids on this first day. and might i a that the teacher of the year is here as well. how dynamite is that. let me gobo to the principal

your excitement. this was a dream come true for you, this project based learning every e day, this is what thkids will get. >> every day. you loudounou cy is committed to the project based. learning and authentic learning experiences will happen here every day forve e child. we're committed to this vision. >> learning by doing. 1150 students at this one school. loudoun has had this explosion and you've met the need. >> the growth continues in the county. we're expecting approximately nts this tional stu year. we're hoping three new buildings and that is continuing the trend of opening between one and thref new schoo many years and years to come. >> let's let these teachers get back to class. all right, superintendent, eric williams, what do we do? the gator still here, everybody has gone back to class. all right. okay, gigi is gone too.

superintendent, thank you so much. we wish you a successful first day of e school yr. h molette green in loudoun county, back into you. and some will bring some changes, for the first team there will be a whole day of kindergarten. officials have been discussing going from half day to fulld da avid culver speaks with parents and school administrators about what the longer school day means forud ts and staff. flood sturnts pushed some students out of their building in northeast d. for repairs. justin finch is looking into the plan to keep kids in dallas. >> reporter: so this is the routine today and tomorrow, buses arriving here to elliott high middle schoolo transpo students to another campus for classes as crews work inside on that flood damage there. let's take you to a man showip

you how it will play out. bus boarding will begin lear at 8:. at elliott high and transport students to garnett patterson middle school in northwest. those buses willtu bringnts back here to elliott hine and tomorrow as well at dismissal.an studentse dropped off directly, but there will be limited adultupervision there. dropoff between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m. on thursdaay and fr an students can also be picked up directly from the school as ll startingt 2:45 from garnett patterson. we also have a look inside at the damage that contractors are hw up against, ceiling damage because ofvy rain that came in on tuesday afternoon. also causing flooding in several areas of the school as well. now, we can tells you at t point if you have you any questions, parents, you can still call the number that will

connect you to staff now working out of gar threnett patterso justin finch, news 4. >> hopefully they can get that cleaned up. one high school is trying to go cellphone free. >> stunt studentsig at wilson school have to put their phones in what is called a yonder bag. the bags are locked, left at their desk and at the end of the class, they are called up to the front to unlock the bag with a special magnetic device. some students not so happy with the policy. >> if there is an emergency and i can't get to my phone, then i would start to panic missiyself because i'd want to make snoe my mom k i'm okay. >> teachers say i the school has to be evacuated, they will bring out the magnetic device to unlock the phones. it costs about $5,000 and the money used to buy them came from

the melania trumparent, teacher organiza son. >> you c both sides of that. this morning china is retaliating aer new.s. tariffs convicted in. the latest on the trade war. and reaction tohe suspension of urban meyer. why some say the punishment doesn't go nearlfar enough.y

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story, thein missing bab d.c. >> let's go back to megan mcgrathith the latest information. >> reporter: yes, we have just learned that the missing 7 month old nehemiah hansford has been found. if you look behind me, all those police cars lining thelock 37th street, they are all gone now. at the police district station, we understand the baby is there. now, it was just minutes after i spoke to you at the shp of the and suddenly there was a flur flur of activity behind us, that is when we got the word that nehemiah had been located. so we don't have a lot of detail. isked one of the officers if he was okay. i was told that hes okay. my colleague chris gordon is heading over to theth district station and gathering more information. but the good news here, the ttle boy h been found. back to you. >> great news there. megan, thank you. switching gears nowro it is

d two in the u.s./china trade war. more us tariffs i onorts are in effect. the u.s. is collecting an addition25% on 279 chinese imports. beijing firing back with its own fresh tariffs on $16 billion worth of imports from the u.s. including fuel, steal prop stee vehies and medical equipm analysts say they are not expecting a compromise. she is a avid supporter of president trump who convicted campaign chairman of fraud. jurors who decided paul manafort face spoke last night. she says she wanted man fourfor be innocent, butnc the evi said otherwise. and there was a dissenting juror who held out. >> we allried to convince h

to look at the paper trail, we laid it out again and again and she still said she had reasonable document and that is the way the jury worked. >> manafort is facing up to ten years in prison for the convictions. special counsel robert mueller's office has until wednesday to decide whether they will retry the other ten charges. manafort will also go on trial here in d m. nextth. as for the other juror, we may never heal from them. the judge sealed their identities after receiving threats. paula duncan, she says that they wanted america to knowou more the evidence that they considered. quote, no collusion, rigged witch hunt, that is president trump's early morning tweet, his response to former lawyer michael cohen admitting to campaign finance violations. and now he says cohen was pressured fto lie. susan mcginnis has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: this morning the

president is accusing miss fo- r attorney of lying. saying he did not direct michael cohen tos make hush payme the women. he is saying that you directed him to make these payments. >> he made the deals. >> reporter: also the money for the deals the president says db come from his campaign. >> those two aren't a crime. >> repter: the president sai cohen lied to prosecutors to reduce his sentence 12k3w4r7 . >> if you go down to two or three years wech is the deal made, in all fairness to him, most people whereoing to do that. and i've seen it many times. i've had many friends i solved in thiff. it is called flipping and it almost out to be illegal. >> repor: on lil reactio . >> reporter: on hill, reaction fell along party lines. it none of it has to do collusion.

>> we are on the threshold of a crisis. >> reporter: as for talk the impeach? >> i don't know if y can impeach somebody who has done a great job. >> reporter: if itch peached im president says the stock market would cras susan mcginnis, nbc news. and one of the biggest names in c lege football benched f the start of the season. >> yeah, ohio state coach urb meyer suspended for what he did after an assistant coach was accused of domestic violence. craigvi m has more. >> i know that the impact that the events last three weeks have had on this institution, an institution that i love, andor at i'm deeply sorry. >> reporter: an apologetic urban meyer, the head coach seen and heard for the firste t in nearly a month. >> i want to apologize to buck.e nati i followed my heart, not my head. i fell short in pur information because at each juncture i gave stak smizachnem

bet doubt. rurt the coach now sidelined for the first three gamesas of the se and will lose six weeks of pay. at t center of investigation, meyer's handling of assault claims against stak smith zach 2015 and his response to the incident. about s never told anything. >> reporter: he later apologized and admitted that he did know about the allegations but, quote, always followed proper reporting protocols. tn wednesday night's news conference, he w further. >> my role is to set a good example. in this instant i did not live up to the university's standards. >> reporter: the suspension mes after the result of a 14 day independent investigation into the matter a highlighting pattern of troubling behavior by zach smith. the scandalw b just weeks ago on august 1 when couney

smith said smith assaulted her multiple mes. she says she shared photos of her injuries with urban meyer's wi wife. >> she said i would have to tell urban. i said fine. >> reporter: smith who has ner been charged with domestic abuse talked to esp and says he never hit his wife and defended his former boss. >> if he lose his job, it is flat wrong. zach smith's attorney says that vengeance against courtney smith's he ex-husband regrtably resulted in collateral damage to urban meyer and gene smith and at ohio state university. online, many fans defending the decision but others saying the punishment doesn't go far enough. >> and craig melvin reports that

ban mirpyou are mire his first k will be against tune. could medical marijuana sometime replace pain killers? and a powerful hurricane is getting closer to thhawaii. damage the big island

right now hawaii is bracing for a category 4 hurricane. this is a look at the monster storm from the international

space station. it shows y the massive size of hurricane lane. this storm is leaving nowhere o they idents to run, have to buckle down. shelters opened yesterday on the big island.ld the storm c dump up to 15 inches of rain, possiblywo feet of wear in sin some isolat. could be the strongest to hit the islands in northern 25 years. and unlike the folks in texasr florida who can drive a couple hundred miles out of the way, you can't do that hawaii. >> and i k it had been decades. and yes, 26 years since they have last seen it. they had the voik avolcano and threats. so we'll keep an eye on that. but for us here, i mean obviously it has been a pretty quiet da we have plenty of sunshine.

and it is pretty dry up an down the easast. look at those blue i skies. it is just gorgeous with low the temperatures will come up, but we have a bit of a breeze out there right now. 20 breeze is about 10 to miles per hour out of the north. and that is suppressing some of the humidity. look at at, north winds at about 17 miles per hour, but only 74 degrees. you can definitely get on board with that. and you see the temperatures ll go up to right around 80 degrees. so near perfect day on out there. the humidity rises monday, but the rain holds off. we could get a few sprinkles monday and tuesday, but the rachb holdin rain holding off until mid next week. it is comfortable today. and by sunday, you will start to feel an uptick in the humidity, but monday, tuesday, it really starts coming back. nothingn the radar and even if we widen out the view, it is still looking good.

thanks to high pressure we are good. temperatures 68 in winchester, 74 in washington. our average temperature for this time of year is in the mid-80s and we'll head into the low 80s today with blue you skies andgo eous conditions. so great day to get out to the pool. again, it will be a little breezy, but we'll have plenty od sunshine no rain threat. so any activities, after school, perfect weather. exercise, do it outside or maybe evf wash that car you haven't done soy. alre 84 degrees will you bebe the da high tomorrow with anoth sunny day. and then this weekend, as i said, the humidityrt sto come up a bit on saturday night and you may feel it by sunday, but you will reall feel it by monday. look at it, we've been waiting all summer to have atretch like this. all sunshine, it will be hot by sesunday and of co 90s on that monday. we'll show you the next five days after that, that is coming

up in about 15 minutes. caught by the latest in airport security, coming up the new technology that helped the tsa stop a person with a false passport. plus police s mollie tibbetts was killed while out for a jog and this morning we have important safety information no anyone who walks

a vigil in iowa city a day after a missing college student was found ad. this i just some of last night's crowd who showed up to remember mollie tibbetts. she had been missing for more than a nth. and then on tuesy, cristhian rivera led piece to her body. it was covered in corn talks. the dairy farm where he had worked says h provided valid government i.d. and matching cial security card, but now it is clear both were fake and he was in the u.s. illegally. >> this guy stayed around for 35 days afterid he d this. nobody noticed anything different. >> mollie tibbetts' parents anked everybody from around the world who sent their thoughts and their prayers for their daughter. this tragedy is sparkingew

conversations about jogging safety especially for people who like to run alone. >> runners world has a report on the startling number of women who say that they have been followed and harassed while ougg t >>he best way to stayafe out there. >> reporr: chandra, allie, vanessa, and now mollie tibbetts, all women who left for a jog n ander returned home. >> she was a phenomenal individual ando we are saddened for the family. >> reporr: theirragic and all-too familiar stories have sparked concerns about safety. especially since more than half of runners prefer to jog alone. >> prps women are more o a target, but itan has been to anybody. >> reporter: 30% of women surveyed in 2016 said thathey had bee followed by someone in a car,ot on , or on a bike while running. nearly 60% under 30 said they experienced harassment on runs. >> take your hands, put them around the neck of that person.

>> reporter: i met up with a agent tocret service talk running safety. >> people going out for a run, is that something that they need to bou worried >> you shouldn't be worried, but you should be proactive. where am i going to my run, is it somewhere wre it is heavily populated like this area here, is there is a public there? if it is at night,s the area well lit. >> reporter: she says you should always tell someone where you are going and how long you will be gone. she also recommends tracking apps like find my friend to share location information. >> i listen to music. i need music. is that dangerous? >> when you are listening to music, you need to be running and doing this. what is going on around me, who is around me, is somebody up behind me. >> reporter: i asked for tips about that, too. >> and if you are attacked, you want to be f quick andrce and violent when you strike a person. you be my attacker. >> so i come at you from the front. >> one thing i can do, hands up, break your hold. that is one. simple easy step.

>> reporter: another? option >> the knee strike and bolt. >> reporter: and if someone proaches from behind -- >> i use my head to come back and crack you in yr face. so when i strike that, the back of my head is strong, it will hit you in your nose and that will really hurt. >> reporter: the same with the rear. >> i'll push you off of me and striking somebody at the top of the foot. >> reporter: some mes are actually counterintuitive. >> let me grab you.ad go ahe what do you want to do? >> go like this. >> and my grip is tighter. come in. >> and go. >> reporter: the most important tip she emphasizes, situational awareness. >> it is being proactive. we tked about reactive moves right now, but really being safe is everything you do in advance to avoid putting yourself in vulnerable places. you want to minimizehe g tetti . some hands on tips there.

experts suggest everyone take a safety class so you are prepared. and you you may want to carry pepper sbra pray or even person alar arms. even a set of keys could be used to defend yourself. > new technology caught a man posing as a french citizen. a man traveling from brazil presented a sfrenfrenchve posas. but through new tick knowledge, they realized he did not mass his passport. they later found an i.d. concealed inside his shoe. authorities are withholding his name until the investigation is complete. dulles is one of the first airports to use this new technology. medical marijuana could be the answer to overcoming the nation's opoidem ep, but so far the only evidence comes from patients. scientists are trying to change

that. >> reporter: separate car extent accidents changed the lives robert and alex. >> the vehicle i was in hit black ice and we ended up spinning and flied multiple times. >> we ran into a light pole. >> reporter: both suffered brokenones in their spine leaving them with chronic severe pain. they could have turned to powerful opoid painkillers. but say they found relief elnewhere. >> i tto cannabis in lieu of pills and i neverur td back. >> reporter: a growing number of people say that they are getting life changing medicine not from a traditional parm faharmacy frm medical ana. >> reporter: r . >> reporter: more than half of the customers are not looking

or a high, they wantheal. >> they have horrible pain, they can't, you know, function on a day to day basis. >> reporter: it is not just joints. people are also putting cannabis oils under their tongue salve s anything that hurts. but there is no scientific evidence that any of it works. there that is why there is a cannabis research initiative. >> the public consumption has already far outpaced our scientific understanding, so we desperately need to catch up. reporter: one major stumbling block, the federal government considers marijuana a schedule 1 srug the same at heroin. so research highly restricted. >> if we can can be allowed to study this in a clinicalway, consistently, i think that there will be a lot of things gar:ed. >> repor erika edwards, nbc omws. this morning lucky tourists in alaska have quite a tale to tell.

a hump back what i will gave them the surprise of a lifetime. take a listen. it leaves out and get them completely soaked. some s touristsnd hours on these 2ri7 trips and don't see anything. so talk about getting your money's worth. >> the did promise a whale of a time. >> there you go. and there is a lot going on ound our areatoday. >> coming up, a look at some of the events and the weather. how long the beautif weather ulst

ryan hzimmerman, higly ball. home run! >> could they have one me push in them, that walkoff home run gave the nats their second win in a row over the philliesse an cond win since trading daniel murphy and matt adams this week. they wrap up the series this afternoon. that was zimmerman's 11th walkoff home run of hisca er. the nats play today at 1:00. followed by a postgame concert with nick jonas. and you're got the maryland state fair. get a taste of what is in store for this year from rides to games and the food. 9 fun starts at 5:00 this evening. anybody under 5 can go fre. >> nick jonas is a big deal. >> that'hat i was saying.

come on. >> i don't think it is fair though, i'm more of a fr person than a nick jonas person. >> i'm more of a corn dog person. >> funnel cake and beer. >> i have not been to a fair yet this itsummer. >>r have i. >> and probably the last chance. >> that believe it is almt t fall and feeling like it, temperatures only in the 70s. we will make it into t atsd today. low 80s in some areas. but again, a lot of places stay in thelo 70s. at this camera, i mean the blue skies continue for days. gorgeous overlooking reston. just beautif day outside. are we staying dry? yes. so anything you need to get ea done, go and do it. will the weekend be dry? yes. and thech b as well. does the humidity come back? starts toooks like it creep in a little bit over the weekend. you will definitely feel it by monday. and not only do we have the humidity c back, but the

heat as well. temperatures next week cod be pushing 100 degrees with the heat indices. so enjoy this. 74 at reagan national, in frederick. again, it is just a gorgeous day out there. we will top o around80. a nice breeze out of the north at about 10 to 20 miles per hour, soat is hepinis helping t suppress that humidity. 82 is our daytime high, but we have nothing on the radar thanks to high pressure. only thing i'meeing is in the midwest, and this is all with an area of low pressure and warmng front lif through this area. in fact that is going to move into our area and we will see the warm front by the end of the weekend. and that is what will push our humidity up. for tomorrow, temperatures will be in t-8 throw m as well, and another comfortable today i out there. in fact we havef plenty sunshine all the way through. next chance of rain looks to be thur and friday. coming up, we'll talk about the local beaches for this weekend.

>> so reviews are pouring in for the wife. >> tell me this isn't some big fat joke. >> no, it is real. >> a lot of buzz about glenn

so that is the repin racking it out last night. they were saved by the judges ts movingne of acceseven on other winners include a traze artist and voices of hope children's choir. 12 more will perform in the remaining quart finals. next week, it is on tuesdays and wednesdays right here on nbc 4. aix time osc nominee is part of the cast of the new movie "the wife." glenn close is joined on the big screen by jonathan price and christian slater. >> and aaron gilchrist spoke with slater and the director about the role that could finally get glenn close as on car. >> i came across some of your stories in the college journal. beautifully written. >> joe has a very heavy hand. >> did he encourage you to keep writing? >> scenes from "the wife" opening in theaters here on august 24th, the movie shows how

a woman sacrifices so much for a man to find success. we are joined this morning by one of the anstar, cristry slater, and also the thdirector. k you both for being here. and i think i really over simplified what theoutory is here. you puld together bjorn and incredible group of actors. for folks who are see this movie, help us understand when st iets about. one way, it is about a writer who receive the nobel prize in literature. and as he goes to stockholm to receive that prize. but at the same time, it is also the wife and how it was earlier in the late '50s and early '60s. so suddenly things that we see in the film is not so easy just to get the prize, to receive that prize.

it is also something is hidden there. there is a secret tha will be released during the process. and christian plays the character that goes after that. >> i'm a journalist, yeah, i play -- >> i was going to say the villain sort of, but journal itist definite definitely. >> you could classify him as that, but you to a certain degree, not give anything away, i kind of feel like this guy of -- thi is the g trying to push glenn cle's character to acknowledge the role that she has played in her's husba life. so to a certain degree, i admire that character. >> i was going to ask, obviously you have a tremendous bodyf work and diverse body of work. what drew you to this film and to this >> well, i had seen a film that bjorn had done before and

thought it was beautifully directed. and i read the script and the idea and opportunity of getting to work with somebody like glenn close was thrilling and jonathan price, although he and i don't have much interaction in the movie. but i've been a huge fan of these actors for my entire career. and just to gethe chance t do a scene like the one i have in this mie with glenn close was extraordinary. >> and i had a chance to see it, and so much of glenn's performance is in her face. we look at the way it has been shot and so much understanding this tortured soul is looking into her eyes i think. and she delivers a wonderful performancol >> and i td the photographer before, i want to have a very, very soft light because i want toee what is happening in glenn's face when we are shooting. and so -- and we did it. i'm so glad for that that glenn trusted the camera and we were there to catch our energy. >> and the other nice aspect is

the way that he shot a lot of it was at the same time. like the scene that i had glenn was about six pages i think. and we shot it in a very theatrical manner so we could both beovered at the same time, which was nice. so that way the genuinect intens between us could be captured. >> well, it is a wonderful film and i think when people see it, you will appreciate the intensity of it and the incredible story tell willing andin incredible a that is here as well. so we wish you the best with "the wife." gentlemen, t being here. for >> thanks for having us. >> thank you. christian slater. >>xcrettyed to see that movie. >> i am too. coming up, his bravery is hard to comprehend. >> hnd wee john chapman's story after he was posthumously awarded the medal of honor. you'll hearrom his f

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at ross. yes for less. fo first time in nearly 50 years, a member of the air force has received a medal of honor. >> it is the nation's highest award for valor in combat. and this is video of yesterday's ceremony. president trump presented the medal to the widow of john chapman kled in afghanistan in 2002. nbc's lester holt has more on the story and the man behind the medal. >> reporter: in his 36 year, john chapman lived by t creed god, family, country. >> this is when he decided to

join the air force. >> reporter: a husband a father oftwo. >> john was one of those teammates that i could twrkocoud rely on. >> reporter: he was part of joint special ops team on a mission to establish a mountaintop post. his job, calli air air strikes as needed. but little did his team know they were landing in a more n t nest's nest. >> they werebu ed. >> reporter: regrouping, the remaining team including chapman flew back to the mountain to rescue their teammate w had been flown from the chopper. he attacked not one, but two enemy bunkers. killing pair of fighters before he was cut down by enemy fire. >> not a surprise that john chapman was leading the charge with the single minor purpose to

try to rescue his comrade. >> reporter: vallevalerie, his was at home. >> what do you remember? >> i went to bed about 8:30, 8:45 and someone rang my doorbell. i looked outsidend there were three men, chaplain and twodr sed in blues. >> i remember her asking me juste tell me that he is hurt. i told her, i said john had gave himself courageously saving others in battle. >> reporter: but what no knew at the time was just how kurnlg y chur courage yaous chapman was, hisem unable to retrieve him, who they believed was dead. now years later advanced technology reveals that he was still alive. enhancement of drone video allowed experts to identify chapman and track his movements. the wounded air man killing two

more enemy fighters, andir to defend another u.s. chopper carrying reinforcements including major brown. as long as he had a breath in him, he was still fighting? >> absolutely. he was ttnking any moment how can i impact this battle. >> reporter: but before the team could come to his rescue, this time chapman was fatally wo ided. >> knew he would sacrifice himself for the better of the team. >> we learned t t he was left with the fought that he was dead. and he was alive. and continued to thght. is a lot to pr tess. >>y were 10,000 foot, in snow, getting shot atn every different direction. i never in my heart found like he was left behind per se. they did what they had to do. >> reporter: seven americans died that day. and now from the fog of war, emerges the crystal clarity of duty and honor. >> t ands medal really allows all of america to better

appreciate the sacrifices that he made that day. >> well said. ory.a beautiful let's send things back over to lauryn for a final check of the weather. >> andemperatures as we head to the beaches will be absolutely fabulous. right around 80 with low humidity. and that will be through the weekend. it starts to heat up by sunday with the humidity and of course the temperatures and then we're back in the low 90s. next chance of rain, not until thursd and friday. >> that is good news. thanks. that is it for news 4 midday. thank you so mu for joining us. we're back here at 4:00. >> and get the latest a news weather updates anytime with the nbc washington app. have a great day.

we're live in five, urfo, three, two, one. welcome to "access" andjen' exis back in are rehab and we welcome back mike saffe and kathryn is with us. and we have been talking about atben affleck and we knew something was clearly going on and what did you think when he went back into rehab. >> it didn't surprise me, because you cld see him going into a tailspin and i'm a happy that he is going back r intoehab and people are tin