>>e'll head to melissa for the commute here. but chuck bell and sheena parveen will tell us what the weather is going to do. >> like he doesn't kno our names if it's not front right it of him. >> wow. what a fantast morning it is. >> yes. yesterday was sbeautiful, t morning, a little cooler in some spots. a lot of people will think it feels like fall. look at the numbers. 56, dulles and manassas. we were not i t 50s yesterday morning. as you're ready to walk out the door, you knowit's going to be a little cooler. washington. here's your wake-up weather. many suburbs by 7:00a.m., will be in the 50s.

it's really the d.c. metro area that could be in the 60s. a nice, crisp feel by 9:00 a.m. a gorgeous afternoon. chuck will show you the re afternoon st. let's head over to melissa on this gfriday. d morning. brandywine inbound maryland 5. we hope that clears up. 210, indian looking good. a little road work. can talk about that.0 27southbound, 70 to the spur, you are on time. aan? >> thankyou. 4:01. we turn to a developing storyu aw first on news 4. an elementary school in prince

george's county is going to close down to fix mold problem. >> that announcement was made at a school board meeting last t. ni the intim cerim ceoai that it would not be enough to stop the problem. one mother was upset this wasn't said earlier in the summer. >> it's refreshing. >> buses will take sdents from their neighborhoodo forestville high school. they will stay there for the whole year while crews remove all of the mold at districtig s. new details about fresh controversy at the university of maryland. a report from the campus nepaper said thaevin anderson hired a lawyer for two athletes facing sual

misconduct. it happened last august and was a violation of protocol. umd says it toldrs ande toti cut with the attorney. but a month ter, aerndson had not done that. a statement in part said, the decision to hire this lawyer showed a serious lack of judgment in a sexual misduct case, givenhe university's xhitment to a fair and impartial handling of all suchmatters. anderson resigned in april. hurricane lane has been downgraded to a category hurricane. chris lawrence has the latest. >> residents and visitors are feeling the impact. right now, that includes hurricane-force winds and torrential rain. these were posted to social media. take a closer look.

the massive storm is going to keep moving towards the island for the next 24 to 36 hours, buy graduall weakenings as it d so. even if the storm doesn't make landfall,here's a risk of catastrophic landslides. the storm is expected to turn to the west tomorrowy and s offshore. by sunday, it is expected to have weakened into a tropical storm. until then, paradise will have to deal with hurricane lane. now, we are going to the story of the michael cohen case. it looks like the publisher of "the enquirer" was granted immunity. they are going to say they paid karen mcdougal for the rights of

r story. the arrangement was known as caption ki. th acquired the rights to the story but mener publishes it. later in the hour, susan mcginnis will join us from capitol hill to break down the latest in this case. this morning, tension between president trump and jeff sessions has been growing. whether peculation session will keep his job after the midterm elections. and it comes from this comment by the president on fox news. >> i put in an attorney general that never took control of the justice department. he took the job and said, i'm going to recuse myself. what kind of man is this? >> sessions is fighting back aw. he said i statement, i took control of the department of justice the day i was sworn in. while i am attorney general, the

actions of the justicel department w not be influenced by political courses. duncan hunter and his wife f werend not guilty in court. they allegedly used more than $250,000 to finan family trips to italy and, hawaii golfing outings, tuition, and fast food purchases. they are also accused of trying to conceal the spending in records. hunter has stepped down from three committee assignments in the house. zen a m facing charges for indecent exposure or sexual abuse on metro. according to o media partners, police used digital surveillance footage to identify the suspects. so far this month, there's been 63 reported cases of indecent exposure. that's down 10% from last year. new video of a school bus

accident in pearl, mississippi. you see that car fly through the intersection and over the median an hit the front end of a school bus. no children on that school bus at the time.l the schs driver, along with a mother and child in a separate car was taken to the hospital. we have good news for metro riders this morning. metro is ahead of schedule with repyres that proted ashutdown of the red line. they have closed the rhode island and brooklyn stations. instead of demolishing thela entireorm and rebuilding it, metro i says lowered the rails and blocks to achieve a smooth surface. >> all of the work is progressg on orhead of plan. we're in greato shape t return

this area to service on september 4th. >> riders have to wait until september for the station to reopen because they're fixg smaller issues. we have a heads-up if you droov along the memorial bridge. construction will close alls land the sidewalks for a weekend. you will not get through starting friday, september 14th. crews will replace the bridge deck, theurface that you drive on. that work starts in oceber. next month's closure will bring in a crane. fans can see adrian peterson running for the redskins tonight. >> herr aed in washington this week and is already making an impression. h was a fan favorite of the team andad the final walk-through ahead of tonight's game against the broncos t you can watct game right here.

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new news on the battle of firefighters and verizon. verizon isit admng to slowing up the information of firefighters. we're talking about the mendocino complex fire that burned 283,000 workers. verizon picked the worst te to slow things down. and it impacted the department's ability to provide emergency services. verizon said the slowdown had nothing to do with the llback of net neutrality rules. it's been a few months since floodwaters ravaged main street ellicott city, maryland. now, state and local leaders have come up with a plan that will save livesnd prevent future flooding. it means ten buildings i the

lower end of the district must bedemolished. the changes have led to tough conversations with business owners and residents. >> probably one of the worst things we had to do in four years is talking to people about what are they planning to co-i t do in the future. weou lost lives these two floods. >> there's a lot of construction work that needs to be done to improve the water flow for the city. the project could take five years. we've seen examples of how devastating it can be. there's s much stuff in that area to have that kind of elooding. >> once you h the creeks and the streams that are flooding, the water has nowhere to go. it's an unfortunate sp. we' dealing with nice weather in morning. >> i tried toolt out of here as fast as i could yesterday.

went for a long walk and people were pleasant. like, gorgeous day, isn't ? >> wait until it gets cold out. that's going to change. toy will be very similar. this morning, w have aot of areas in the 50s. it feels cooler this morning. when you walk outside, it will feel crisp. it's winchester. 56 dulles. 66 in washington. 57 degrees. beautiful sta to your friday, the satellite radar not showing any clouds. no rain in the forecast. here's your aper f ee eer plann your friday. as you are driving. >> sun glare on the road. 80 degrees by the afternoon.

if you're heading out for friday night, clearing skies and temperatures in the low 80s bby 7:00 p.m. we'll have temperatures in the mid to low 60s. afternoon highs, mid-80s. sunday, temperatures closer to 90 degrees. going to the beach this weekend, this is one of the best d weekes it. upper 70s by tomorrow. plenty of sunshine for a high. spf o 30 on higher. the u.v. rays are very strong. you will get a n sunb 15 minutes or less. on sunday, that will be the warmest beach day. as we go through the weekend, nice and dry. take a look at next weekac we're in the 90s. monday, tuesday, humidity goes upnd the dog days of summer

will be back for quite a stretch. chuck will show you that in the ten-day forecast and we'll look ahead to labor day weekend. let's see what's happening on this >>friday. ood morning. in the district, outbound suitland parkway at stanton has left lane work. they are on the scene trying to get thatmixed. on the beltway, mclean, inner loop after the dulles toll road. and on lanham,oo inner 450. bran brandywine inbound, left side blocked by a crash. 66, beltway on time. want to make sure your chilt s safe on a colge campus, there's an app for that. and facial recognition technologic dulles

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they're so good. winded. i reason to my desk. >> are you all right? with students returning to college campusesacross the area, safety is a major concern for schools and families. >> technology is playing a bigger role in making their safer. they are using an app as a life license pla line for the communities. campus law enforcement is stepping u focus on crimes against persons. jay gruber is fresh off a conference of his peers where they zeroed in on how to protect students from assault and armed robberies. >> if it's security, patrol techniques, ways to gather information. >> reporter: o of the tools is the live safe app, loaded on

10,000 smartphones across georgetown campuses. >> our students don't like calling the police department. but they feel very comfortable texting us. >> reporter: h showed how students and staff can text in ti tips about possie crimes on campus. >> we're able to find p ple being suspicious. it's been successful for us. >> reporter: dispatchers can see the messages in real-time. they will let friends track each other after parting ways. chief gruber figured out a unique way to use the app in crime fighting. when the campusibrary started a lot of theft of laptops, he used a geo boundary. >> you're going to make sure

that doesn't happen to you. >> the chief says the biggest use for the live safe app is to contact the safe ride service, on and off campus, so students can get back to their dorms. >> really good idea. coming up, a chore you may now.arting right but ahead at4:30, why the cops were called over the family's it is a clear sky overhead. temperatures, 66.th 's at national airport. right next to the warm waters of the potomac. ortside your probably in the 50s. a look at the friday forecast coming >>. plus, billboard backlash. plus, billboard backlash. the new push from peta

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d.c. a lot of parts of the area waking up in the0s, too. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez. >> let's look at the fecast with chuck bell and sheena parveeez a little b out there. >> it's nice. it feels crisp. it feels like fall. some people might want a jacket when they walk main. e. melissa had one on. did i just call you out? >> i don't thinkit's jacket-worthy. >> you won't be hot. >> fair enough. i think you should i enjoy and say to yourself, i'd rather be a little chillyn august than the alternative, which, by the way, is coming back next week, when you have to go outside and flop sweat falls all over you. you never heard of that? temperatures this morning are comfortable, inhe 50s in most

of the suburbs, which is often fhe case. the heat island the downtown buildings keeping washington at 66. dulles, ten degrees cooler than that. a perfect d g to out to the pool and enjoy it. don't forget the spf. afternoon highs in the low to mid 80s. that will be great weather, for sure. if you're headed to the nationals ballpark, the phillies and t nats have a 7:10 game this evening. perfect nig for baseball. if you're going to fedex field for football tonight, gd night for that, too. let's get to melissa. >> i call it my snuffleupagus jacket. it's huge and fluffy. i wear that into work. georgia avenue, between veirs mill and university ayenue. policeit's the southbound