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 a blizzard any

day. the schoolkids are with me. aren't you, >> no. >> only if it's a good blizzardh good news is that you can enjoy the pool. if it was ouraining, wouldn't be able to enjoy the aool. maybe kier school will hit the pool. if you want to jump in the water and get refreshing cool air there, yes. warm and humid this morning. we have an air quality alert out,ik feeling100 to 105. that's how hot and humid it will be again. have rain in labor day weekend, unfortunately. that's not as goods far as the forecast is concerned. it's 79 in washington. it's 81 i annapolis. 71 in quantico. we have patchy fog out ere. manassas, less than a mile of visibility. here's the forecast i was sentioning. if the k are going to the pool, find some spf.

wel talk about it coming up. chuck has a closer look at the week ad. let's loo the roads. >> good morning. new problem in the district. southernue av just north of bending road, a report that all anes are blocked by police activity. inner loop and out of loop of the beltway, that's hanging around. everything is looking pretty now. right for washington, southbound indiana head highway after swan creek road. work getting by. and 66 and 95, no problems in or out of town. >> it's 4:32. the company behind the madden gaming tournamenthere two people were killed is canceling the tsremaining ev this year. e.a. sports has canceled the g remain madden events. e.a. will work to establish a consistent level of security at its gaming events >> one of the events was

scheduled this weekend. the virginia event was part of a larg gaming convention that will go on as scheduled.he officials are doing everything they can to assure attendee are in a safe environment. we're learning more about the victims in this weekd's last shooting in jacksonville. o victims died in the attack. clayton, was his name here. a former california athlete that made a career of playing the madden nfl video game. robinson from wv est virginia. the police are lking for a motive and whether katz knew the victims. >> the gunman is from baltimore. he wrote to judge on his 16th birthday complaining that his mom had cled police on him 20 times. those records also show katz h been in and out of psychiatric hospitals and had been on

medication for depression. ar for classmate described him as an awkward school student and istill having troub understanding what happened. >> it was chilling. i've been, honestly, in shock. >> 1 of the 11 people hurt is from the d.c. area. drini gjorka is with his family. we continue our coverage of the passing of john mccain. the white house fg is half-staff and will remain that way the rest of the week. it return to full staff, drawing some criticism, before going to half-staff. and the president ordered all flags to be at half-staff until sunday. also, president trump commented senator,assing of the after remaining silent for

nearly two days. >> our heas and prayers are going to the family of senator john mccain. a lot of activity over the next couple of days. we appreciate everything that m senatoain has done for our country. thank you very much. >> meanwhile, senator mccain's finatten statement included vailed, parting shots at p. president trum we'll have more on that letter in a few minutes. ♪ today, a week of remembrance services will begin toonor aretha franklin. franklin's bodily will rest at the museum of african-american history in detroit. the public will be allowed to pay respects. on thursday, several artists are scheduled to perform at a concert.

artists are set to sing at that service. a> here's a look our top stories this morning. a man is rekcovering after bein stabbed on a metro bus. metro transit police say three nen and the victim started fighting when o pulled out a knife. the man who was stabbed, is in stable condition. a d.c. courtroom had to be cleared after the shouting matcn erupted bethe families of a murdered girl and the two men accused of killing her. quentin michaels and kwan thomas were in court yesterda police are looking for information aboutot the three r men involved in the shooting. today, cardinal donald wuerl is scheduled to deliver mass to catholic teachers to begin the school year. that will be at 10:00 this morning. cardinal wuerl has avoidia m

coverage since the grand jury report accused him of covering up priest sex abuse, a charge he denies. couldn't students at fairf will return to school. l doors will be locked at all time. there' eight new resource officers and 18 psychologists and social workers. students will take part in enhanced lockdown drills. me of the drills will not be announced ahead of time. team coverage. coming up a 5:00, justin finch will be live at a school bus lot with more on the massive fleet of buses. >> and molette green will be at a high school to show us how school spirit is on display at school. lot of kids excited to goba ck. >> wish you the best. new this morning, an explosion caught on camera. and this fie scene started in a score worker's pants. ahead.xplain that

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you'reatching news 4 today. >> scary incident on metro to show you here. a train wit dozens of people onboard. >> separated on the tracks. this happened on the silver line near the maclean stop. a worker sen t newss image. no one was hurt but metro iso tryingigure out why this happened. an inspection has been done on sevel cars and the federal transit association has been notified. we've heard of car thieves targeting wheels and air bags. >> but one family is dealing with something that stumped even police. take a look. someone told theirdo car . just the door, just the one.

the entire rear door of the 2011 bmw sedan was removed someime in the early morning hours of august wth. the caras in the parking lot of the silver spring apartment complex. the thieves cut the lock out of the driver's side door. >> i came downstairs tohe parking lot here behind me. and in the blank space there, was my bmw or most of it, anyway. my car -- my four-door car has three doors. >> police have never seen anything like this before. the car is in theody shop. >> the owners are trying to make the insurance company understand that the whole car wasn't stolen, just the one door. >> that's a head-scrap tcher. >> you see the car, one door, a different color. still ahead, do you notice a

lot of out-of-state tags in your seighborhood? the county tha paying people to turn those drivers in. good morning, everybody. if you'reou planning labor day weekend, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, knowf you're going to be around the metro area, there's a chance of rain every day. the good news is, after a couple of days with heat indexes over 100, holidays will be in

my poor children willivne day in the nation that will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their char ater. i have dream today. >> back, now, on this august 28th.s this the 55th anniversaryf reverend martin luther king ch.'s most famous sp it was this day that he spoke on the stairs of the lincoln >> people were packed on for jobs and freedom. it is considered one of the most

defining moments of the civil rights moment. this morning, john mccain's seat on the senate floor is now draped in black with flowers on his desk. the long-time senator and ward hero d on saturday after brainer ca before his passing, he showed his loveey for his m in a final written statement. >> tracie potts is on capitol hill. >> he never mention prump by na name. he said he lived and died a proud american. these words from john mccainhi elf, read by a long-time aide,moonally, i might add. he talked about his life of service. healked about america not becoming diskcouraged. he said this about building walls. >> we weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with

tribal rivalries in all corne the globe. we weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down. >> seems to be a reference of the wall that t president wants to build at the border. meantime, we haveeaed that vice president pence will represent the administration at the official ceremony on friday. >> tracie potts, live for ugs on capitol hill. thank you. the candidate for u.s. congrear in myland is being treated fornc ca. david troen is a democrati nominee from maryland's sixth district. he says doctors found a tumor on his urinary tract, the day before he won his primary. since then, he's undergone chemotherapy. the next step is surgery to reve a kidney. he says he will miss some days on the campaign trail but he expectsre to make a fulvery. the wife of a prominentt

lawyer thaas caught in the backseat of her maserati with an inmate has agreed to a plea . de she was arrested last fall. she had been meeting with the inmate for months and having sex with him. her husbanhas served as a trump's ethics eadviser. couple is in the middle of a divorce. today, the sex abuse trial will hear from the victim. a teacher at langstondl m school was named teacher of the year, surrendered his teaching license after a school said he missed her. the victim's sister said he began an inappropriate relationship with her in 2014. he was charged in november of 2017. but police didn' alert the public. dd parents tell news 4 they are upset theyn't know sooner. he jury could deliberate later

today. our bureau chief is covering this story. you can follow her twitter updates on this case here at the live desk, breaking news. half a dozen people are hurt at aprotest in germany. take a look. we got this video in. th demonstration erupted last night. this is in the eastern city. the clash is between neo-nazis and left wing counterprotesters in thefastern part the country. some of the far right protesters triedo breakhrough police lines at one point. the violent clashes sparked by an -- escalated by the death of a german man this path weekend sunday. you.ngie, thank now, for the latest tnhis terrible story, developing out of chicago. fire investigators are searching for the cause of the city's deadliest fire in a decade. it happened over the weekend and ine med the lives of people, including seven

children. investigators say most of the victims were siblings and cousins. they were at the house for a sleepover. the fire started on the porch where the kids were known to set off fireworks and adults would smoke. the home did not have wking smoke detectors. very sad. new video showing the explosion of an e-cigarett inside a store. look at the video. the man was left with serious burns after an e-cigarette exploded in his pants. he was in anaheim, california, shopping for a tv when it happened saturday. the man was able to walk out of the store on his own. the manager of the store described the incident as, quote, intense. if you've seen out-oftate license plates in your neighborhood for too long, now, you can do something about it. fairfax countyays it is a tax dodge and they want people to pay up. they the county is allowing resident cto reports that are not properly registered.

by far, the most out-of-state plates come from maryland. in fairf county, you have 60 days after moving to switch your i that's the same in tags. maryland, actually. when i moved to maryland, i had to get myags do s done. t i have a little cough l over. >> are you trying to ruin my reads? >> i can hear all of the audio people going, what is she doing? >> you look great. >> we would never knowou feel under the weather. >> nice and rested after vacation, though. >> the rest ofs look like a hot mess outside. >> you look good now, eun. >> it's all going to be done after this. we have humidity in the forecast today. it's already humid, as you step outside thier morning. teures are feeling like the 80s i some spots.

it's feeling from 100 to 105 degrees.da an air quality alert because of the stagnant, hot weather pattern in place. if you have respiratory issues like asthma or for the heelderl avoid hours outside. mayb not good news for your labor day weekend. i'll show you in a second. 79 this weekend. l the district, with the humidity, it feee degrees. many suburbs are right around the low 70s. we had some patchy there.ut nothing too thick. don't be surprised if you run into that. the same weatherte ps will stick around. high pressure to our south in the hot and the humid air from parts of the gulf coast states. the bus stop, around 87 degrees and humid by the afternoon. find some shade, kids. it will b hot.

the humidity, making it feel like anywhere from 100 t 105 degrees in some spots. if you're head to the beach t weekend. >> it will be a hot one. around 80 degrees. we have rain chances ound. temperatures will stay mainly in the 90s until the rain comes.th , in the 80s. still humid and the shower chances through monday. not a washout of a weekend. i want y to know that. we'll watch the rain chances. updating it as we get closer. let's see what's happening on theroads. >> good morning. southeast southern avenue had the rains blocked by activity there. as for the beltway, we have road work. we'll talk about thatn one second. southbound indian head highway after swan creek. here's the beltway. after allentown road, you have to work around the bridge there. work zone with the left lane b gettin there. and a live look, 95 north of

triangle star. you see that volume headed inbound. >> whoa. heidi klum is brave. what a nail-biter that is. tonight's "america's gottalent" ll not disappoint. heidi klum has her head. >> the show can only have seven to go through to the semifinals. >> you can catch it tonight on nbc 4 at 8:00. t washington mystics are hoping to expand their lead in the wnba semifinals. they tip off game two gainst the atlanta dream tonight. the mystics are coming off on exting win. they beat the dream after atlanta missed a buzzer-beaterot

after tonight, the best of five series will move to d.c. for game three on friday night. tonight's game is at 8:00. hear it for the mystics. serena williams back on the urt and hungry for a u.s. open title. she defeated the polish dennis start. a win would tie her with4 major singles championships. >> it would be amazing to see serena win here. looking strong. you may have heard of the running of the bulls event. >> a town in spain decided to replace the bulls with balls. it's safer. this is just west of madrid. the town said too many people were getting hurt by the bulls. >> they decided to place them,

with a giant 500-pound rolling ball. >> i didn't know it was 500 i thought beach balls down the street. >> i don't know where the odds are better. still ahead, news 4 today will be working for you, ways you can keep your child safe online. y wh can use to help you monitor what they are looking at. on a metro bus one

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anotherho day, another district reopening today. fairfax county, is today. >> that is 188,000 kids and teenagers. they are not going to need jackets today. >> no. the kidsalre f getting back in the groove. and some are them would be concerned about the hair. that's the older kids. justic >> kids, do they care about their heads? >> the older >> when did you start caring? >> when i was older. temperature-wise, it is veryth humid outsid morning. 73 at78 dulles. n annapolis and right here in downtown. heat indexes are in the low- 0