returning today. >> that means we'll look at what that means for the commute in a moment first, we want to check on the forecast with storm team 4 d chuck bell sheena parveen. boy, is it hot out >> it's a warm start to the day. it's also very muggy outside. >> it's an ugly shade of summer >> little fog because of it, too. >> yeah. very poor air quality today. if you're heart or lung sensitive. take it easy outside today. it's not going to be pleasant day for outdoor activities. number one, itse is c outside this morning. a little patchy fog. not much of an issue. the fog will thicken up again. sensitive groups, those with heart or lung conditions, avoid strenuous activity. heat indexes up to near100 and 105 degrees during the peak ofa the rnoon. temperature-wise this morning, mostly in the low 70s in the

suburbs. upper 70s downto to bayside. if you're one of the kids going back to school, have a good day at school. you probably will be in outdoor recess today. but take it easy. take your shade drink breaks ank some extra water. the hh in the low 90s. we'll see what's coming up in a few. the l innerp at 450, work zone with the left lane getting by here. another piece of roadwork on the beltway, as well. the center of the roadblock. stay two lanes to the left and the right of that work zone there. ner loop and outer loop everywhere else, looking nice and clear. don't hav anything slowing us. we have the roadwork. eastbo ad 66, little roadwork causing some slowdowns as you approach the beltway. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. story , to a developing in northeast washington. this morning, a man is rekong

after beir afte being stabbed on the metro bus. police say three men and the victim started fighting when one pulled out a knife. the man who was stabbed is in stable conditio now, a story you see only on news four. d.c. police is looking for three men who beat up an f-ty police officer. >> he was on a scooter stopped at a red light when the men attacked him. this happened at potomac avenue in southeast. cameras captured thesetu ps of the subject. he wants them arrested before they do something like this to someone else. >> while they're out there, they're going to continue to do this. if they do this with no consequences, with no punishment for the fact they steal, assaulted, injured people, they're going to

continueo this. >> he feels disappointed and disbelief. he says there were a lot of people who just watched him be attacked. >> happening this morning, cardinal donald wuerl is schedud to deliver mass to a newic teachers to begin school year. that will happen at the basilica of the immaculate conception. he has avoided media coverage since there was a story that hev wasing up sex abuse. this is not the only accusation that the cardil is facing. the former ambassador to the u.s., accuses wuerl and pope francis of knowing about abuse allegations against mccarrick years ago. he was relieved of service after it was relieved he was abusing young pistes and minarians. po francis has not denied the allegations. we're getting strong denies om the archdiocese of washington.

it said that cardinal wuerl has denied that any of the communication was given to him. and the oy way to challenge the archbishopry for mccarrick, would have been throug xhi communication from the holy sea. such communication was not provided. catholics are calling for wuerl's regnation. they sat down several times for an interview with him. so far, the archdiocese has deined our request. president trump made his first public comments aboutde t h of senator john mccain last night. e said, quote, our hearts and prayers are going out to his family. the president a spoke a white house dinner. at the white house, the american flag is flying at half-staff. yesterday, the flag was raised to full staff in the morning, drawing some criticism. it wasin lowered a late in the afternoon. the president ordered all u.s. flags to fly at half-staff until

sunday, when senator mccain was rest.o the president will not attend the funeral this weekend. mccain's body will lie in state at the state capitol on friday. that will be open to the public. on saturday, from will b a funeral at the national cathedr former presidents george w. bush and barack obama will deliver eulogies. on sunday, there will be a private bureial at t academy in annapolis. his seat i draped in black with flowers on his desk. we're learning about thelt ore man who police say went on a shooting rampage in jacksonville, florida. he killed two man at a video game tournament before killing himself. ten other people were hurt at the madden football tournament including a man from.c. katz graduated in howard county. court records sho herote to a judge on his 16th birthday, complaining that his mom hadic called p on him 20 times. the records show katz had been in and out o psychiatric

hospitals. and he had been on medication for depression. e.a. sports has canceled the next three madden events in response to the shooting. a d.c. courtroom had to be cleared after aat shouting erupted between the family of a little girl who was shot to deh and the families of who men accused ofhe killing makiya wilson was killed a month ago. two were charged with first-degree murder. family members were holding pictures of the little girl. police believe the shooting stemmed from a brief between two neighborhood groups. the litt girl was not the target. outside the courtroom, her family was overcome with emotion. >> that's all. just calm down. you just calm down. >> police are looking for information about theether thre men involved in that shting. ndetails about fmer trump campaign chair paul

manafort. "the wall street journal" af reports manort tried to reach d a pleal ahead of egotiations next month when negotiations felrough. this happened as they were deliberatingudank fra charges against him. manafort was guilty on eight counts and deadlocked on ten others. he isf accused failing to register as a lobbyist for ukraine, witness tempering and financial fraud. president trump says the u.s. haseached a new trade deal witme co. he wants to end the nafta agreement that includes canada. he made the announcement with the mexican president on he says workers will benefit, along with american farms. the administration hopes to have a deal signed in november, after a mandatory period to congress.o mexi president says he wants canada to be part of the agreement. > 3d gun plans cannot be

posted onlicense plate. online.s 19 staant to stop a settlement the government had reached with a texas company to post the blueprints online for downhood. statesrgued that unblocked access posed a security risk. officials in maryland plan to spray for mosquitos. it may affect your plans. it's supposed to happen after hton30ige.p.a.-approved pestici will be out of caution, officials recommend people avoid outdoor activities. right now, kids in fairfax county are getting ready fors school t morning. the first day of classes for the tenth-chargest school district of the country. >> students will run through a renamed j tice high school for the first time today. the school was known as jeb h stewarth school. the school is the home of the

wolves. the school made the change to signs in front of the building, marquee, banners, scoreboard ann ium to reflect the transition. a diretion ceremony is planned for next week, on september 7th. >> you may be holding on to the final days of summerhere. but fall is on the way. the king to fall bemplgll fa be returns to starbucks today. customers can order the coffee starting today. the drink is making the return earlier today. starbucks firstd introduhe psl --n 2003 and has sold 350 worldwide. >> people are obsessed with pumpkin spice. not mything. i don't think you would like it. >> i don't care. coming up, the oddest offer you may hear all week. >> why the national zoo is urging you to i check nudist

colony. i know what this is about. plus, one of the most visited places in the country. new york city's liberty island. what happened there that sent hundreds of tourists running for safety. >> and you may have heard anri aspi a day may ward off a heart attack. that may be ue for but not everybody. good morning. it is warm. it'sumid outside. and because of that, at least in part, we have some patchy fog around t. ar coming up, chuck will show you what to expect as we go through the afternoon. it will b a hot day. and increasi

you're watching "news 4 today." >> 13 after the hour right now. ana water main break caused a scare for folks in san antonio, texas. crews shut off the water and repairs that break. nobody was hurt. thousands of tou forced to evacuate after 00

pounds of propane caught fire in new york. this happened yesterday near a construction site on liberty island. firefighters say each of the tanks posed a deadly threat if one exploded. one worker was hurt but is expected to be okay. this morning, an alexandria man is in critical condition after a rock-climbing fall. benjamin fell and the rolled down a sleep hill. this happened in eoregon. 21-year-old was climbing without using a re orafety equipment. rescue workers said he was alone when he fell. it took rescue workers three hours to find him. he had to be air-lifted to a hospital. th21-year-old attends college in portland. it's 4:14. more americans are dying from drug overdoses and suicide thae diab the statistics are troubling. drug overdose deaths have

tripled and suicides are up by 34%. more initiatives to tackle meme health issues are needed to reduce the preventable deaths. there's plenty of evidence th aspirin helps people that ayd a hkrt attac or stroke. but new research that's not the case when it comes to preventing your first heart attack. longest study of its kind. it showed a low dose of aspirin did not help people who smoked, had high blood pressure or high eolesterol. thhat took the aspirin had more bleeding problems than others. there's any nudist co coming to d.c. >> let that sit there for a second. >>his is the uth. >> this one is -- there's other

mily-friendly nudist camps. >> it's only 4:15 in the morning, aaro i'm ju saying. there they are. >> national zoo is displaying ts naked mole rat colony starting this friday. it will blast a live look at the c colony. 24 hours a day, you can see this. the exhibit officially opens to day.ublic the next it includes 25 feet of tunnels and has a chip reader to display information about mole rats as they pass the camera. isle of wight county, virginia, was where i went. m he was getting to the naked truth. williams, one of the most delightful children authors wrote a book called "naked mole rat gets dressed." >> really? >> you can read these things to

your kids. and you can see them in person. >> beauty is in the eye of the deholder. >>thanks, chuck bell. >> it will be an ugly shade of hot and humidtoday. unless you love heat, haze and humidity. ere's a few out there. but that's getting to be a small percentage. todaynd tomorrow, probabl going to be some of the hottest, most uncomfortable day of the summer to be outside. it's not raining outside this morning. but the air is just so thic you can almost cut it with afe 79 degrees, that's the 4:00 a.m. temperature. and we have an 83-degree heat index here. 68 in leesburg. that's one of the few places below 70. just about everybody is about 80. heer here's your planner. today's high near 95 degree

when you factor in the humidity, heat index0 values between and 105, during most of the afternoon hours. reduce any strenuous activities outside this afternoon. high pressure, large and in charge of our weather for today, and tomorrow. with that area of high pressure sitting almost right on top of it is really going to suppress any chances fthunderstorms. let me show you a future weather here. throughhe course of theday, nothing to worry about. 3:00, 4:00, 5:00his afternoon, one or two isolated storms, just like yesterday. cthe highestnce for that stray storm or two will be along the blue ridge and io the shenandoah valley. winchester to front royal to la ray, that will be the zone that ha the highest chance of getting that cooling thunderstorm. herwise, it's about the heat and humidity today. tomorrow, dangerously hot, up near 95 degrees. he index, well over 100

degrees for most of the afternoon hours. now, we'll get your beach forecast for labor day weekend coming up he in a bit. here's your forecast around here. here, 96 tomorrow, and not much of a rain chance for most of us until we get to thursday afternoo that could be around potentially strong thunderstorm thursday afternoon and hit or miss chances for friday and saturday. hate to give rain chances on a holiday weekend, but it will knock tut intensity of the heat. highs as we get into the holiday weekend, the low to mid 80s. that's the bad news from the weather. les have niceews from traffic. >> it's nice to be the relief. i'm okay right now. in the outer loop of the beltway, a little road work. we are nice and green herhis morning. here are the two pieces of roadwork. a inner looper allentown road. blocked twoth lanes tleft. e, a little north of th

ngner loop at 450, with the left lane get back. a tiny slowdown on the outer loop. as w zoom out, ft. washington, southbound, indian highway after swan creek road. the right lane is getting by the work zone there. t>>nk you. coming up, keeping yr child safe onlicense plane. the internet can be a dangerous place. but there's ways toil watch you en. and a camera that proves how bad smoking can be for your health. stay with us. we'll be right back. i had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.

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a maryland man wakes up to find a four-door car with three left. what police are saying about the change case. this morning we're talking about warm, humid .conditio it's 79 degrees outside. but all of the humidity is making it feel like 83. we have patchy fog and how hot it is going to feel later today. that's coming up. plus, paying tribute to the queen of soul. the final good-byes for aretha franklin. i'm alex trebek hereo tell you

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back to school, our area's largest district heads back to class today. ominside the class to out on the roads, we get you ready for new school year. >> "news 4 today" starts now. >> a liveut lookde at 4:30. it is hazy, hot and humid out there.x fairounty students and teachers are heading back to school today. and it is going t feel like summer. >> the worst part of summer. >> we're going to get you ready for the new school year in a moment. and melissa is keeping an eye on the commute. weant to know about the forecast today. we turn to chuck bell and sheena parveen. it feels disgusting. >> it could be worse. >> how could it be worse? >> i dou't know. it be a lot worse. >> it couldn't be worse. >> we could have rain or there could be a blizzard outside. we could be complaining about that. >> i would take