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-80s

across the bay. have a good city. temperatures today will be in the low to mid-90s. it will be hazy, hot and humid today. what to wear, g awa with shorts, do it. you will need your short sleeves and the sun block. the heat sticks around a few days and more about that. good morning, med ssa. >> gmorning, mr. bell. looking at the roads right now. southern avenue, w closed there. lanes blocked by that police activity, ier loop and out of loop in the beltway. 70 to the spur, we're nice and clear here this morning. no big problems. tohe of beltway is rolling along nicely. >> thank you. happening this morning, cardinal donald i wuerl scheduled to deliver mass to

catholic achers. that's supposed to be at 10:00 this morning in northeast washington. a grand jury report accused him of ceering up pol sex abuse. that's a charge he denies. the vatican's ambassor accuses wuerl and hope francis about allegations about mccarrick years ago. he was repromoved from service after it was proved he was abusing young priests and seminarian we're getting denials from hdthe acese of washington. a statement said cardinal wuerl has denied any of the information was communicated to him. the only ground for cardinal wuerl to challenge t ministr would have been information from archbishopro or the holy sea. such information was never

thovided. catholics ands across the country are calling for wuerl's resignatver both scandals. news has reached out for an interview with him. the archdiocese of washington has deniedre our est. this morning, a man is recovering after being stabbed on a metro bus. this happened near gallaudet university last night on the d8 bus. metro transit police say three men and the victim started fighting when one pulled out a knife. the man who was stabbed is in stable condition. s188,000dents will return to school today. >> there will be a lot of traffic on the roads, including the school busses. justin finch has more on how to get your kids to school safely

today. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. the roads here fairfax county is due to get busier in a matter of hours now. many of the students will ride one of the 1,600 buses. as students make their way back to scho drivers should fall back into a back-to-school routine. that means slowing down in general. there's more cars and more walkers and bikers on the road as the school gets back into session. you want to be alert in the school zones. speeds do change in the areas of schools. you will see more buses atr fic in the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. and after that. drivers, do not pass school when school busses are stopped,

ting on and off of the buses. unless the traffic is divided by a large traffic median. and back out live, want tol t you that if you are driving past a stoppedchool bus, you can be handed a fineg start at 250 police. fairfax county will be watching today. back toou in the studio. >> justin finch. thank you. now, to a story you'll only see on news 4. d.c. police are looking for threee men who beat up a pol officer. nicole jacobs says thatfficer said he was violently attacked. nicole? >> this is wre it all happened. where the federal officer says he was beaten by three men who tried to steal his motor scooter here. it happened, he says, at a led

right, when he was stopped. cameras captured the images of the suspects. the three men, the officer wants to sustain consequences. scrapes and uses. up.attackers gav but not before an intense struggle. over.y pushed me i fell down. the scooter went down. my head hit the ground. i ok my helmet off and began struggling with them, and prevent them from stealing the c ter. they repeated to assault me. >> reporter: the officer said this happened in broad daylight while many people sat back and

watched. he i hoping someone recognizes the images and will come forward. >> thank you. resident trump made the first public comments about the death of senator john mccain. he said the country appreciates mccain's service. the presidenthomoke at a white house dinner for evangelical leaders. he flag is flying at half-staff. it was raised to full-staff early in the morning. it was lowered in the afternoon. the president ordered all u.s. sundayo half-staff until when mccain is laid to rest. mr. trump confirmed he will not attend senator mccain's funeral this weekend. his body will lie in state at the u. capitol on friday. that's opened to the public. on saturday, from will be a funeral at the national ercathedral. foresidents george w. bush and barack obama will deliver

eulogies. on sunday, there will be a private burial at the academy in annapolis. his seat is draped in black with flowers on his desk. we're learning about the baltimore man who police say went on a shooting rampage in jacksonville, florida.le hed two man at a video game tournament before killing himself. ten other people were hurt at the madden football tournament including a man from d.c. katz graduated in howard county. court records show he wrote to a judge on his 16th birthday, complaining that his mom had s.lled police on him 20 ti the records show katz had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals. and he had been on medication for depression. e.a. sports has canceled the next three madden events in se respo the shooting. a d.c. courtroom had to be cleared after a shouting match erupted between the family of a little girl who was shot to deh and the families of wh

men accused of killing her. makiyah wilson was killed a month ago. two were charged with first-degree murder. family members were holding pictures of the little gl. police believe the shooting stemmed from a brief between two neighborhood groups. the little 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 lookinr information about the other three men involved in that shooting. 3d gun plans cannot be posted online. 19 states want to stop a settlement the government had reached with a texas company to post t blueprints online for download. states t arguedt the online access posed a security risk. new details about former

trump campaign chair paul manafort. "the wall street journal" reports manafort tried to reach a plea deal ahead of t negotiations nnth when negotiations fell through. this happened as they were deliberating bank fraud charges against him. manafort was guilty on eight counts and deadlocked on ten others. he goes on trial in washington next month. he is accused of failing to register as a lobbyist for ukraine, witness tempering and financial fraud. officials in maryland plan to spray for mosquitos. it may affect your plans. s itposed to happen after 7:30 tonight in prince george's county. an e.p.a.-approved pesticide will be used. out of caution, officials recommend people avoid outdoor activities. just about11 minutes after 5:00, and kids are getting ready for school this morning. ole first day of classes for the

tenth-largest scistrict of the country. >> students will run through a renamed justice high school for the first time today. the school was known as jeb stewart high school. the school is the hothe wolves. so, over the summer, the school made the change to signs in front of the building, ctrquee, banners, scoreboard and gymnasium to refhe transition. a rededication ceremony is planned for next week, on september 7th. may be holding on to the final days of summer here. but fall is on the way. the king to fall beverages returns to starbucks today. customers can order the coffee starting today. the drink is making the return earlier today. starbucks first introduced the psl -- in 2003 and has sold 350 worldwide. >> do people call it that? >> there are devotees who call

it ppsl. >> i'm goiil to wait u it gets cold. >> 900 degrees today. drinking pumpkin spice. coming up, the oddest offer you may hear all week. >> why the national zoo is urging you to check its nudist colony. plus, one of the most visited places in the country. new york cits liberty island. what happened there that sent hundreds of tourists running for safety. and you may have heard an aspirin a day may ward off a heart attack. thatay be true for but not everybody. it's a hot one today. as you walk out the door, you'll notice it's humid and warm. temperatures around 80 degrees by 8:00 and 9:00 this morning.te feeling hwith all of the humidity. howot this h

you're watching "news 4 today." >> thousands of tourists were forced to evacuate after propann caught fire i york. this happened yesterday on liberty island. firefighters s each of the tanks posed a deadly reat. one worker was hurt but is expected to be okay. it'shi 5:16 morning. ftexandria man is in critical condition a rock climbing fall. min fell and then rolled down a sleep hill. this happened in oregon. the 21-year-old was climbing without using a rope or safety equipment. rescue workers said he was alone

when he fell. it took rescue workers three hours to find him. he had to be airspifted to a al. the 21-year-old attends college in portland. there's evidence that aspirin helps people that have had a heart attack or stroke. but it's not the case in preventing your first heart attack. the largest and longest study of its kind. it showed a low dose of aspirin did not help peopld who smoked, gh blood pressure or high cholesterol. those that took the aspirin had more bleeding problems than others.s thernudist colony coming to d.c. >> let that sit there for a second. >> national zoo is dkeplaying its mole rat colony starting this friday. it will blast a live look at the colony.

24 hours a day, you can see this. the exhibit officially opens to the public the next day. it includes 25 feet of tunnels and has a chip reader to display information about mole rats as they pass the camera. >> oh, come on. >> i tell you what. some of the features on this earth. >> you have to read the ok. he imagined a naked mole rat. imagine one with a jacket. or -- >> or a blanket over the whole thing. cover that up. >> come on, now. >> thank you. right. >> mother nature welcomes all. >> goodot thing i'm n mother nature. exactly. here's my cuteness replay to that. the two that live in my use. ready? there they are. look at that. polka dot lou almost 5 months

ol almostripled in size. he was nine pounds then. now, 30 pounds. he is the reverse colors of isabella. und he is constantly pestering her. an follow me on instagram. forecast for you is my insta handle. what about the weather? this is not the day to be wearing a f coat. that's for sure. up dogs need to drink extra water. 75 degrees. temperatures where you see anybody at 70 or below across northern virginia and maryland, there can be fog in the area. it will be a hazy, hot and day. we had a couple thunderstorms today. only an isolated thunderstorm. thunderstorms sitting on top o us.

let's get a sense of how small it will be. the same pce weaw the isolated storms. south of winchester, towards harrisonburg and stanto no rain, no chance to cool off today or tomorrow. heat t indexay and tomorrow, likely to be over 100 degrees. qumit your outdoor activities. poor air ity, too. thunderstorms likely, some strong. thursday afteron and evening, that is in cooler weather. but continuing rain chantses . into the weeke we give you the beach weekend in a few. new problem in leesburg. you h le alles blocked here. each way was a of a new crash. keepg our eyes on that one. >> they still have lanes blocked by police activity. northbound and southbound looking pretty good this

morning. same situation when you're looking at maryland and 29 and route 1. we'll look at 66 and 95 coming up. coming up, keeping your child safe yob line. caught on camera. a video that shows h bad

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take you out to detroit, where to shareome live video with you. this is here in washington, where people, i believe, are lined right outside the african-american historyum muse, i'm being told, where they are going to be honoring the icon and legendary singer, aretha franklin.eu the mm opens up at 9:.m. she is going to be honorth ere. there's a lot of media on standby for this event that mano people a early for. now, back to you. >> thank you. with kids backas in they will bexw computers and internet more. >> angie goff is here with the bout being onlicense plate.

>> reporter: alecia was 13 when she was tricked on the internet. >> on new year's day, a man she thought was a boy, was and kidnapped her and took her to his house. >> reporter: alecia was luckilye re officer says parents should share this kind of story with e.eir kids. >> it's not priv if you're monitoring your social media account and you see an inappropriate picture, so does the rest of the world. >> in addition to random phone checks, restrict devices at bedtime and come up with alistic rules. in shannon lee's house, having a phone is a privilege. >> we have rules with the kids. just in terms that if they're not able to be on their devices during dinner. >> reporter: the lees use

percentage controls and timers to monitor activity.so lware blocks the bad stuff and can track thinike text messages andocial media. but the biggest line of defense -- educating your child. >> make sure your children is are. there's no delete button on the internet. one picture can stop them from getting in the college they want. >> just to prove that, harvard revoked admissions for some students. in a new study, 70% of admissions officers agree it's fair game to check students' social media. comingup, a new target for thieves. a maryland man his car with only three doors. what police are sayin about th case. it is warm and humid this morning. tlook what happens throu day. a lot, streamy afternoon.

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right now on news 4 today, new fallout from our nation's latest mass shooting and the impact on a local event just days away. >> hand the president breaksis silence on john mccain. what he had to say. back to school, our area's largest district heads back to omass today. inside the classroto out on the roads, we get you ready for a new school year. >> "news 4 today" starts now. >> a live look outside at 4:30. it is hazy, hot and humid out there. fairfax county students and teachers are heading back to school today. and it is gointo feel like summer. 78 ees. >> it's humid, too. we're going to get you ready for the new school weyear. want to hear about the forecast and all that good

stuff. we turn totorm team 4 chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> good morning. >> very steamy yesterday. 30 minutes yesterday, all of us needed a bowl of water. >> i feel up my dog's bowl with ice. another eamy one today. the longest dog walk will be early this morning. then, wet up and feel 100 degrees through the area today. 70 degrees in washington, feels he e 81 when you factor in humidity many suburbs in the low 70s. when you drive around, youht m run into patchy fog. some moisture sitting there. if you're exercising today, better to do it today. we're going to heat up to the 90s. it's war as you walk out the door.

>> we'll have a look at your forecast coming up. >> good morning. in leesburg, ever g mills road, near fleetwood road. they didn't have too much information for us. we're going to keep an eye on that for you. 01, at northcutt road. southern avenue, short of benning. follow police direction there. we have police activity there. do have disabled vehicles blocking a lane. it's fairfax tyco turn to get ready for school. g the kids on the plup and down. >> students goack to class today. there will be traffic on the roads. we'll have some safety tips on

this first day of school. >> reporter: the bus lot hind us. and the first of the buses have begun to leave. the first of many buses. the county counts some 1,630 buses.0, 0 students expected to begipp today. and many will be riding the school busses. that means the flow across fairfax county. drivers, you're going to want to slow down. we have students walking and bui biking to school. bezo alert in the schools, bearing in mind that traffic can pick up and the speed race can slow down, as well. especially between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. that crossing ards and traffic guards will be out there. also, drivers do not pass the

school busses. when a school bustops, the traffic should stop in all lanes. you don'to want hurt anyone getting on or off a bus. if you're in traffic, and there's media separating the traffic, if your traffic is on th opposite side, where the bus is not located, you can continue to move on. back out live here, if you're caught by a police officer, passing a schoul bus, can expect a $250 fine. to put this inte c for you, it is second to new york city. in terms of the number of students who ride buses to school. live in fairfax coty. back to molette green will be at fairfax cool, to show us how tngs are getting started there. e.a. sports has canceled its

three remaining madden events this year to review safety protocols. e.a. will work to establish a consistent level of security at its gaming events. >> one of the events was asheduled this weekend. the virginia eventart of a larger gaming convention that will go on as scheduled. officials there are doing everything they can to assure attendees are in a safe e vironment. wearning more about the victims in this weekend's last shooting in jacksonville. two victims died in the atck. clayton, was his name here. a former california athletthat made a career of playing the madden nfl video game. robinson from west virginia. the police are looking for a motive and whether katz knew the victims. >> the gunman is from baltimore. he wrote to a judge on his 16th birthday complaining that his

mom had called police on him 20 times. those records also show katz had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals and had been on medication for depression. a former classmate described him as aawkward school student a is still having trouble understanding what happened. >> it was chilling. i've been, honestly, in shock. .> 1 of the 11 people hurt is from the d.c. ar drini gjorka is with his family. we continue our co of the passing of john mccain. the white house flag is il half-staff andremain that way the rest of the week. it returned to full drawing some criticism, before going to half-staff. and the president ordered all flags to bat half-staff until sunday.id also, prt trump commented le theassing of the senator, after remaining for nearly two days.

y our hearts and prayers are going to the fam senator john main. a lot of activity over the next cole of days. we appreciate everything that senator mcin has done for our country. thank you very much. >> meanwhile, senar mccain's final written statement includel , parting shots at president trump. we'll have more on that letter in a few minutes. an explosion caught on camera. this fiery scene started in a man's pants. we'll explain, just ahead. firs he bought a four-door car. now, he's left with just three doors. a maryland man is the victim of this vy strange theft.er

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. >> we've heard car thieves carg gett wheels and air bags. >> someone stole their car door. just the one door. the entire career door of this sedan was surgically removed in the early morning hours of august th. t the car was in the parking l of the apartment complex. the thieves cut the lock out of the driver's side door. >> i got behind me and there was my bmw or mos of . my four-door car has three doors. >> police were surprised because they had never seen akething lihis before. the car is stilln the body shop. >> the owners have been going back and forth with the

insurance company, making them understand the car wasn't stolen, just the one door. >> it sounds like it will be a cost repair. >> good luck. ahead, license plate control. you notice a lot of out-of-state tags neighborhood? the county that is paying people to turn in the drivers. good morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. if you are beach of-bound for the long holiday ekend, saturday, sunday, monday, sunday will be the driest time at the coast. coast. sheena

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my little children will one day live in a nation where they will not beudged by the color of their skin, but by thee content of character. i have a dream today. >> back, now, on this august 28th. this is the 55th anniversary of reverend martin luther king .' most famous speech. it was this day that he spoke on the stairs of the lincoln memorial. >>n more t 200,000 people were

packed on the washington mall for jobs and freedom. it is considered one of e 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 senatoand war hero died on saturday after brain cancer. before his passing, he showed his love for hfi country in a l written statement. >> tracie potts is on capitol hill with more. that statement also included a message, it seems, for president trump. >> reporte a lot of people are interpreting it that way. it was ready a long-time aide, who he was emotional several times whileeading the statement. mccain talked about america's greatns. he talked about being proud to have lived and died as aner an. then, he said this -- >> we weaken our greatness when

we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries in all corners of the globe. we weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down. >> reporter: that reference to the wall, a lot of people took as a final swipe at president trump,ho has bee trying to build a wall at the border with mexico since he was elected. we have t learned ceremony before the public is allowed in, vice president pence will make comments. the will represent administration at the ceremony on friday. hill, ie potts on the this morning. it's 5:47. you can pay your rescts to senator mccain later this week. this friday, his body will lie tein s at the capitol rotunda. a ceremony will be at 10:00 a.m. you can see a portrait of john mccain. the photograph is in the museum inemorial space right now on

the first floor. it will hang there until september 9th. a candidate for u.s. bengress from maryland is ing treated for cancer. david troen is a democomtic nominee aryland's sixth district. he says doctors found a tumor on his urinary tract, the day before he won ncs primary. sithen, he's undergone chemothera. the next step is surgery to remove a kidney. he says he will miss some days on the campaign trail but he expects to make a full recovery. disappointment and disbelieve. an off-duty police officer says those are his emotions after he was attacked. d.c. police are looking for these suspects. the victim says these are the men who aacked himn his scooters. nicole jacobs has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning to you. all this happened in the middle

of day, right near this intersection. it's where officer davidlasa lasansdi said that beatdown happened all over his motor scooter. he was stopped at a red light here where men began punching him and kicking them. he struggled with them for a while, when he eventually gave up. leaving him battered and bruised, with injuries to his stomach and back this i where the crimes could be solved. look at the surveillance images here. cameras captured photos of the suspect. lasanski says he wants him caught. >> they pushed me over. i fell down.

iinas strug with them to keep them from stealing the scooter. at that point, they began to repeatedly assault me. >> he says he hopes someone recognizes these three men. again, it happened in broad daylight. he said many people were sitting back and watchg it all unfold. any 's a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. back to you. >> nicole jacobs, live for us southeast. thank you. our area's largest school district heads back to class today. students in fairfax county will return to with new security measures in place. all classroom doors will be locked at all times. there's eight new resource officers and 18 psychologists

and social workers. students wl take part in hanced lockdown drills. some of the drills will not be announced ahead of time. team coverage. molette green is at fairfax high school. >> looks le everyone is ready for the first day of classes. hey, molette. >> hey, guys. look, i have a full band with the cheerleaders and hundreds of students. it's right outside of fairfax high school.nt 2,600 stu coming to class for the first day of school. we have the football team. we have the mayor. and we will talk to the student about a successful school year. that's coming >> a lot of energy for 5:50 in the morning. great to see. >> i think she hasm all. as far as the eye can see. >> that's awesome. spirit fingers.

>> this is the time to be inside. everyone will be tiding with air conditioning. >> they don't have the sun beating down on them. >> it'smi . >> it is going to be a warm and hot one as we go through the wa day. this morning, hot this afternoon. that's what i meant this say. and the humidity, it will make it feel like anywhere from 100 to 105 degrees with a this stagna pattern in place, we have an air quality alert. for sensitive individuals, those withsthma or t elderly, you don't want to be outside for a long period of time.o we're going see the weather pattern break. it will break with rain, as we go into yr labor day weekend. it is a 78lmy degrees outside in washington. it feels like 81 when you factor in humidity. have a little bit of patchy

fog out there there morning. nothing dense.ea the and the humidity are going to keep funneling in. we're going to see the changes. for today, mustily sunny skies. temperures in the mid-90s. we have rai in theforecast. but it's not going to be a washout. the rain chances, about 30% to an isolated chance on sunday. for the rest of the area the chances will be higher inland. higher rain chances than along the beach. the temperatures in the 80s, going into next week, we look for theesot >>t' sai wt'sha c happening on this warm morning. >> good morning. silver spring, left side out by georgia avenue. in's sta to turn yellow there. in northeast, southbound 295 at be

a crash in the left lane, causing some delays. as we widenout, southern avenue, north of benning, lanes blocked by activity. brandywine, 301, have a crasher a crash in the southbound lanes through that same area. leesburg, ever gre mills road, near fleetwood there. a lot of things happening this morning. no massive impact. at least not yet. 66 looking okay. you look at complaints.g >> thank you. it's 5:54. if you've seen an out-of-plate long, youate for t can do something about it. this as a tax dod they want people to pay up. they the county is allowing residents report cars that are not properly registered.

by far, the most out-of-state plates come from mar in fairfax county, you have 60 days after moving to switch your tags. i think that's the same in maryland, actually. when i moved to maryland, i had to get my tags done. n video shows the explosion of an e-cigarette in his pants. 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 fha a tv when it ened saturday. the man was able to walk out of the store on his own. the manager of the store in described thdent as intense. gooe wants to make the move back to military lifeer smooor vets. you can enter in your military job codes for relevant skills. the feature works on many job sites, including career-builder and getting hired.

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"news 4 today" starts now. >> good mornin everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron lchrist. fast approaching 6:00 a.m. another day, another school district reopens its doors. fairfax county students are in retu today. >> that includes 188,000 students. if you can imagine getting all those kids to and fm school is a huge undertaking. >> it is. >> this morning, news 4 has team average. justin finch has a look at transportation and safety. andmolette green is at fairfax

high school where there's exciteme to start thi new year, already. ng you see all of the pom-poms. we're goi to check in with traffic. first, storm team 4, chuck bell and sheena parveen, have your full forecast. good morning. >> i have to do spirit fingers when i seepo poms. >> okay. i didn't know what that was. >> spirit fingers. >> did you think i was drying my nails? >> yes. >> not today. earlier. >> this is not me -- > is that you drying your nails? >> that's me drying my nails. >> it is a muggy start this morning. is not going to be a pleasant day for outdoor activities. outdoor recess, okay to sit on the benches today. it isut grossde. numerous areas reporting that fog. poor air quality today. code orange. that means thee it easy. index