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 values between 100

and 10 thisafternoon. mostly in the 70s this morning. 78 in town. and where temperatures are 70 or lower, the areas of fog are the ti thickest. heat indexes are probably above 100. what to wear?f shorts,ou can get away with it. the heat won't last into the labor day weekend. let's go to melissa. troubles in fairfax? >> probably. t quite yet. silver spring before georgia efavenue. theside blocked by the crash. look at this delay. if they don't gett started cleared out, it will start building. zoom back out and take a look elsewhere, a new slowdown here. the right side blocked by that crash. >> had roads blocked by police

activity. brandly brandywine there. today is fairfax county's turn to return for school. >> there will be a lot of extra traffic on the roads, including the school busses. >> justin finch is live at a school bus lot with more on how to make sure the kids get to school safely today. justin, good morning. >> good morning. m ht be to get to your place on time, to leave early. a lot of buses will be rolling out today. more than 1, 00 buses by the county's count. when you see the buses, you want to slow down and rhett the buses do their job. look out for walkers and bikers and cars and buses droppinan of

picking up students throughout the day. you want to be alert in the school zones, and know that the speed limit does drop in those areas. they get busy between our rival times and dismissal time. make sure you are stopping for the school busses. you don't want to hurt anyone getting on to or off of a school bus. the law says all of the traffic in those lanes should be stopping, as well. unless you are behind the bus that has a median. only traffic behind that bus should stop d not stopping could cost you, too. the fine starts at $250. enough about that. molette green covering the pomp and circumstance

surrounding this day back to school >> oh, yeah. the busesun start to arrive a 7:30. this is the largest school in the commonwealth, one of the largest in the country. wanto bring in the principal 2,400 students. you have a bigob on your hand. >> awesome job. i want the kids to love coming to school ever day day. >> you have an s awesometart here, especially with the football team. they're 1-0? >> 1-0. feet maclean on friday. >> i want you to see the cheerleaders, the band and members of the fooltbeaeck diso ♪ quite a turnout here, at fairfax high school. look at the school spirit.

i love it. yswant to send it back in to you, 2,400-plus studen a. whreat start to the school year. unck to you. >> students willhrough a renamed justice high school for the first time today. the school was known as jeb stewart high school. the school is the home of the wolves. the school made the change to signs in front of the building, marquee, banners, scoreboard and gymnasium to reflect the transition. a rededication ceremony is planned for next week, on september 7th. five minutes after the hour. also in our headlines this morning, cardinal donald wuerl is scheduled to deliver mass to catholic teachers to start off the new year.

that will happen at the basilica immaculate conception. he has avoided media coverage since there was a story that he was covering up sex abuse. a charge he denies. that will be at 10:00 this morning. cardinal wuerl has avoided media coverage since the grand jury report accused him of covering up priest sex abuse, a charge he denies. mccarrick was removed from service in june. pope francis haseither confirmed nor denied the allegations. we're getting strong denies from the archdiocese of washington. it said that cardinaedwuerl has dehat any of the immmunication was given to and the only way to challenge the archbishopry for mccarrick, would have been through communication from the holy sea. such communication was not provided.

catholics and others across the country are calling for wuerl's resignation over both scandals. news 4 has reached out to him. so far, the archdiocese has declined our requests. president trump made his first public comments about the death of senator john mccain last night. he said, quote, prr hearts and ers are going out to his family. the president spoke at a white house nner. 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 was lowered again late in the afternoon. the president ordered all u.s. flags to fly at half-staff until sunday, when senator mccain will be laid to rest. the president will not attend the funeral this weekend. mccain's body will lstate at the state capitol on friday. that will be open to the p lic. on saturday, from will be a funeral at the national cathedral. former presidents george w. bush and barack obama will deliver l logies. on sunday, there w a private burial at the academy in

annapolis. his seat is drap in black with flowers on his desk.>> we're learning about the baltimore man who police say went on a shoong 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 inuding a man from d.c. katz graduated in howard county. court records show he wrote to a judge on his 16th birthday, at complaining is mom had called police on him 20 times. 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 response to the shooting. a d.c. courtroom had to cleared after a shouting match erupted between thfamily of a little girl who was shot to death and the families of who men accused of killing her.

makiyah wilson was ka month ago. c two werged with first-degree murder. family members were holding soting of the little girl. std fr aef bwewo hbig ro buphes.liceveelie the little girl was not the target. outside the courtroom, her family was overcome with emotion. >> that's all. just calm down. g u just calm down. >> police are lookr information about the other three men involved in that shooting. 3d gun plans cannot be posted online. 19 settlement the government had reached with a texas company to post the blueprints online for o load. states argued that the online access posed a security risk.ab new detailout former trump campaign chair paul

manafort. "the wall street journal" reports manafort tried to reach a plea deal ahead of negotiations next month when negotiations fell throug this happened as they were deliberating bank fraud charges against him. manafort was guilty on eight counts and deadlocked on t 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 mositos. it may affect your plans. it's supposed to happen after 7:30 tonight in prince george's county. an e.p.a.-approved pesticide will be used. out of cautionofficials recommend people avoid outdoor activies. 14. you may be holding on toer su but the king of fall beverages returns today.

the drink is making the return earlier today.in starbucks firsoduced the psl -- in 2003 and has sold 350 worldwide. >> people t areing to bring everything in early. cut into my summer. >> hold on,eu >> i am. coming up, the oddest thing you may hear all week. >> why the national zoo is urging you to check its nudist colony. i know what this is about., one of the most besited places in the country. new york city's y 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. that may be true for but not everybody.

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this happened yesterday near a construction site on liberty island. firefighters saynkach of the posed a deadly threat if one exploded. one worker was hurt but is ka expected to be this morning, an alexandria man is in critical condition after a rock-climbing fall. b jamin fell 150 feet 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 air-lifted to a hospital.-y the r-old attends college in portland. mrs. there's evidence that aspirin helps people who have had a heartt attack t your

first heart attack. the larges its kind.st study of it showed a low dose of aspirin did not help people who smoklo, had high bod pressure or high cholesterol. leose that took the aspirin had more bleeding probms than others. there's a nudist colony coming to the district. >> let that sit there for a second. >> a nudist colony. >> this one is -- there's other familyriendly nudist camps. >> national zoo is displaying its naked mole rat colon >> aw. >> aw? are you looki at the same pictures i'm looking at? >> i don't know. >> on, frid the zoo -- >> there's something cute about them. >> the zoo will broadcast a live look at the colony. the exhibit opens the next day. this includes 25 feet of tunnel and has a chip reader to give you info on the mole rats.

things like names, shoe sizes. how many teeth they have. >> oh. >> they're an interesting species, right? >> put the panda up. >> it's all about learning. love our neighbors as ourselves. >>. he's teachi chuck bell. look at puppy pictures. >> naked mole rates. >> these are the two that live at myhouse. isabella and polka dot lou,ho is growing up faster than i imagined. he's five months old. already, going from nine pounds to over 30 pous now. apparently, i need to cut back on the kibble. this is them waiting in line behind the line for dinn. everybody has to sit and be

quiet. then, they get their supper. what do you ned to know aboute weather? hazy and nasty outside. hot and humid. heat index over 10 an ugly shade hot and humid tomorrow. >> strong thunderstorms with cooler and showery weather. we're starting off in the 60s and 70s this morning. there's a live picture over washingt. we should be above 90 degrees in most areas by noontime, with highs aund 95. not much of a rain chance rmorrow. thatht over the top of us. that helps t us suppress development. right along the i-81 corridor, there could be a rumblewo or this afternoon. all of the rain chances should stay away from theity.

>> storm, more of the same. >> here's your five-day forecast. mid-90s. thursday ends with thunderstorms around here, which should be id the strong highs in the 0s through the we'll look at the beach forecast and your ten-day coming up. let's go over to melissa and se how sheis. >> good morning. we're going to look at the top of the beltway. outer loop, before georgia, left side is blocked by the crash. look at the delays. it has been building. allow extra time if this is your route. that is going to be slow for y this morning. bladensburg, has the right side blocked by a crash. massvenue at waterside drive. the ramp is blocked.ic fred at araby road. you can t see yourvel times, looking good on 270 at the

beltway. that's because of the problem outer loop at georgia. both p44 mil hour. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. coming up,eeping your child safe online. the internet can be a dangerous place. but there's plenty of ways to monitor what your child is doing and who they may be talking to. and caught on camera. a story that shows

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>> welcome back. 6:24. with kids back in class, no doubt they will be using a computer the internet more. >> for parents, it means doing what you can safe online.r kids >> angie goff is here with the warnings about being onlicense >> reporter: alecia was 13 when she was tricked on the internet. >> on new year's day, a man she thought was a boy, was a mannd kidnapped her and took her to his house. >> reporter: alecia was luckily rescued. officer says parents should share this kind of story with their kids. >> it's not private. 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 c , restrict devices at bedtime and come up with realistic rules.

in shannon lee's house, having a phone is a privilege. e >> we have rules with thkids. just in terms that if they're not able to be on theidevices during dinner. >> reporter: the lees use percentage controls and timers to monitor activity. software blocks the bad stuff and can track things like text messages and social dia. but the biggest line of defense -- educating youchild. >> make sure your children is aware. there's no delete button on the internet. one picture can stop them from l getting in thege they want. >> just to prove that, harvard revoked admissions for some students. in a new study, 70% of

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"news 4 today" starts now. >> coming up on 6:30. toe you ready for a new school year. y, the largest district in our district fairfax is ready.

cheerleaders jumping for joy. >> go, spirit. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. whether you are sending a child back to school, a f days to avoid the traffic. just p finch and lee green are in fairfax county this morning. we want t talk about the commute and the weather.l you wil feel the heat. ther was a little breeze coming in. it was pointless. it was doi nothing to help the situation. >> a warm breeze never >> the instrument of the day, the trombone. that's how it els. you're going to walk outside and melt. >> well, especially this gh afternoon, th you're going to melt and need some water and shade. if you're lucky, you're at the pool today. i wouldn't try to be outside for too long a period of time. we have a heat advisory out today. this tmorning, sun will come up here. feelseg like 81es. not only feels warmer than the

actual temperature. >> mid to upper 70s. 74 in clinton. as the kids head to the bus stop, warm and humid is the story this morning. a little patchy fog. look at the afternoon hours. by recess, find some shade for thosetsids e. make sure they stay hydrated. bypickup time, we'll feel like the 90s. through this evening, a heat index fro 100 to 105 degrees. we have an air quality alert. let's get over to melissa. more details coming up. checking the roads. >> good morning. this is just cleared. oute loop before georgia. getting better tha the beginning. we have the backups. allow some extra ti. have the left side of the roadblocked.

this will probably hang around for another 20 minutes or so. bladesburg, have the right side blocked by a crash there. massachusettsa, a ramp there blocked by the crash, as well. this thing we had hanging around in frederick,ear the bridge, just over with politician. that's cleared, out of the way. as for your travel times, pretty typical, with the eeption of the top of the beltway, but the outer nloop. this morning, e.a. veorts has canceled its three remaining maddens this year. to review safety protocols. e.a. will work to establish a consistent level of ty at its gaming events. >> one of the events was scheduled this weekend. the viinia event was part of aam largerg convention that will go on as scheduled. officials there are doing

everything they can to assure attendees are in a safe environment. we're learning more about the victims in this weekend's last shooting in jacksonville. two victims died in toe attack. cl was his name here. a former california athlete that made a career of playing the madden nfl video game. robinson from west virgia. the police are looking for a motive and whether katz knew the victim >> the gunman is from baltimore. he wrote to a judge on his 16th birthday complaining that his mom had called police on him 20 mes. those records also show katz h been in and out of psychiatric hospitals and had been on medication for depression. a former classmate described hiw as aard school student and is still having trouble wh understandin happened. >> it was chilling. i've been, honestly, in shock.

>> 1 of the 11 people hurt is from the d.c. area. >>e are withicole jacobs this morning. > this is where an off-duty officer said three men tried to steal his motor scooter. cameras in the area captured ages of the suspects, the three men. this officer wants to face consequences for the injuries he sustained. scrapes and bruises and internal injuries to his ribs, stomach and back. another look at the three alleged attackers. the officer says he wants to see caught. >> they pushed me over. the scooter went down. luckily i had m helmet on. i took my helmet off, and i was

struggingliling to keep them fr stealing the scooter. at which t pointy repeatedly assaulted me. >> this was last friday, we're toldn broad daylight. he said many people were sitting back and watching it all unfold. there's a $1,000 rewr any information that leads to an rest. back to you. >> nicole jacobs, live for us io heast. thank you. today, a week ofemembrance services to honor aretha franklin. her body will rest in detroit for two days. the public will pay its respects. her funeral is set for friday at the greater grace temple. a candidate for u.s. congressman in maryland is being

treated for cancer. david troen is a democratic nominee from maryland's sixth district. he says doctors found a tumor on his urinary tract,ay before he won his primary. since then, he's undergone chemotherapy. the next step is surgeo remove a kidney. he says he will miss some days on the campaign trail but he expects to maka full recovery. coming up, john mccain being remembered across the country. for thee first t since his death, we're hearing from the president about the man being remembered about an american hero. plus, we're getting you ready for school at fairfaxco ty kids back to scol. mol e molette green at fairfax county high school. >> we have words of wisdom coming up. thein march band here at fairfax high school.

you're watching "news 4 today." >> new video showing an explosion of an e-cigarette inside a store. look at the video. the man was left with serious burns after an e-cigarette expled in his pants. 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 the store described the incident as, quote, intense. if you've seen out-of-state license plates in your neighborhood for too long, now, you can do something about it.fa fax county says it is a tax dodge and they want people to pay up. caey the county is allowing residents to repor that are not properly registered.

by far, the most out-of-state plates come from maryland. in fairfax county, you have 60 days after moving to switch your tags. wve heard of car thieves targeting wheels and air bags. someone stole this car door. lmost surgically removed on august 8th. >> the car was in the silver spring apartment complex. >> the owners are trying to explain to t insurance company that not the whole car was stolen, just one good morning, everybody. if you're planning your trip to ge beach for the l holiday weekend, saturday, sunday, monday, teeratures at the coast license plate going to be in the low 80s. we have your ten-day forecast coming up. and a vehicle causing a major backup on 66. y

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>> a live look at the white house for you, as we get inon posi here this morning, where the american flag is once again flying at half-staff, in honor of john mccain. yesterday, the white house was criticized for raising the flag to the top of the pole. >> now, the fla will remain at half-staff until mccain is laid to rest on sunday. president trump made his first comments on mccain's service to our country sunday. hpassed on >> orts 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 senator mccain has done for our country. thank you very much. >> the firstse memorial for tor mccain is tomorrow in phoenix. that's where peter alexanders live. what is the response to president trump's comments aftea this controversy. >> good morning to you from here in arizona, where john mcwiin

lie in state at the state capitol, beginning tomorrow. the tributes keep pouring in. in this state, there's a lot of frustration that the president didn't do more to celebrate the life of john mccain. playing some of the comments from the akesident, sg publicly about the life of the late senator. a man widely described as a war hero, as the president had dismsed that categorization of mccain. the public comments yesterday, coming hours after the president ignored repeated questions, ten of them from a single reporter, abou what he thoug about john mccain. obviously, that also followed the fact that there's been this ntroversy surrounding the flag. the white house raising the flag to its full height, before half-staff.it to the president says, he respects the service of john mccain.sh

all flagld be lowered to half-staff. all of this the backdrop of a contentious relationship between the two men. and overwhelming what should be coverage, focused on mccain itdelf. the pre will not be attending memorial service,n including washington this week. mccain indicated he wouldn't be welcome. aides.l send his we'll have the latest when we see you coming up moments from no on "today." >> we'll see you a few minutes from phoenix. it's now 6:47. a man is recovering after being stabbed on metro bus. this happened near gallaudet iguniversity last on the d8 bus. metro transit police say three n and the victim started fighting when one pulled out a knife. the man who was stabbed is in stable condition.

a d.c. courtroom had to be cleared after a shouting match f upted between the family little girl who was shot to death and the families of who men accused of killing her. makiyah wilson was killed a month ago. michaels and thomas were in court cha fed withst-degree murder. family members were holding pictures of the littleieirl. police b the shooting b stemmed fromf between two neighborhood groups. the little girl was not the target. outside the courtroom, her family was overcome with emotion. >> the lady's son was in the courtroom. that's when the confusion started and they wan fight. >> pole are looking for information about the other three men involved in that shooting. 6:48 is our time now. today is fairfax county's turn to get ready for school. the first day forn more t 190,000 students. by now, the lunchesre packed.

the backpacks are on. the school busses aret rolling o he kids. time to go to school. >> that's right. team coverage of our first day of school. molette green is at fairfax high. but first, justin has tips for the commute. there's going to be a lot of gep.ol busses on the roads >> that's right. the pluses are .comi we're watching them leave here in fairfax county. the county coted some 1,630 school busses taking students to and from school. you'll have to slow down. there's more walkers and on the road now, as well as more cars and buses, picki up and dropping off students, as well. you want to be alert in school zones. speed limits dip significantly around schools. they get busy between 6:00 and

9:00 a.m. at arrivals. you will want to stop for the buses. not stopping for the buses in traffic, can set you backbout $250. and speaking of back to school, molett green is there, at fairfax county high school where the excitement is high. molette, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, justin. let me say,aiax high school is -- a ready for school. >> reporter: the ready for school. this is the new principal here at the school of 2,400-plus students. and the school superintendent on the first day of school. let's talk about expectations for the district. >> ire is have expectations. a great day to be at fairfax high school. we're going to do portrait of a graduate for all kids. creati creative critical thinking.

really getting beyond jus tests here in virginia an fairfax county. >> and we want to wish you good luck in your inaugural year as princip principal. >> sexcited. >> reporter: let's get out of way. we want to see welcoming the first day in style, with the cheerleaders, the band and class leadership. ♪ >> reporter: oh, yeah. fairfax high school, ready for school. look at the football team. back to you. yes. >> for the first dayle brations. >> nice to start with a little fun out there. have a good day, kids. >> it's 6:51. time to g a check on the

forecast with sheena parveen. >> hey, guys. it will be a hot one today. i don't have to tell you that. it will be like yesterday but a little hotter. heat index from o100 105 this afternoon. we have an air quality alert because of the pattern. if you have air quality issues, avoid the weather outside. the weather will be mostly for the afternoon hour with t heat advisory. then, the pattern breaks as we headnto the weekend. that's because of the rain moving in. 78 in washington. 72 gaithersburg. very humid this morning. here's the heat advisory for the afternoon. the heat index getting around 100 degrees. d.c. metro area, including the shenandoah valley. it's because of the high pressure because o the carolinas. bringing the heat and the humidity from down south. this is going to stay put through thursday. and late thursday evening, that's when we're gng to see showers increase with our

pattern changing. if you are walking the dog, if you node one, that's butler, available for adoption by the morning or 8:00 a.m., one of the best times to walk the dog. warm and humid. by lunchtime, 90 degrees, feeling closer to10 short walk by them, especially this afternoon, when the high schools will be d-90s and the hottest. if you're making labor day weekend ans, we have rain in the forecast. rain chances along the coast will be lower than areas inland. it won't be a washout. we'll have a couple showers around. farther inland, the rain chances will be sigherrting thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday. not a washout. just more rain in the forecast. let's check in and see what's happening on the roads. >> inbound 66 before, we have slowdowns. silver spring, outer loop before

georgia, that's cleared. we have the delays hanging around here. a couple of miles of backups. l atle extra time this morning. southbound 295,he crash hanging around in the left lane. as you widen out, no other major problems right now. travel times, 270 southbound, from jogermantown to the spur. the top of the beltway, slow because of outer loop at georgia a. 66 and 95, 35 and 45 miles per hour. listen to wtop when you hop in your car. the king of 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 million worldwide. good morning. i'm kate rodgers at cnbc headquarters. google wants to make the transition back to civilian life smoother for ts. type in jobs for veterans. you can enter in your codes to look for openings with relevant skills. it worksn job sites. with your morning busine k report, iate rodgers. it's 6:55. four things to kn this mornin e.a. sports canceled its remaining madden events following the shooting in florida. that includes the expo this weekend at part of the event. the gaming convention will go on, but with increased focus on security. > today, fans will be allowed

to pay final respects t aretha franklin. her dy will restdetroit. franklin's funeral is set for friday. today, cardinal donald wuerl is scheduled to deliver mass to catholic teachers to kick off the school year. mediaal wuerl has avoided coverage since he was accused of covering up priest sex abuse. kids are getting rea for school this morning. some will walk through the doors of the justice high sc the first time today. the school was formerly known as jeb stewart high school. a carededition ceremony is planned for next week. and cominom up trow on "news 4 today," behind the scenes of bullying. there's new ways that cyber bullies find their victims.ha >> to do to make sure your kids are not the next targets. if you're wondering about

the next ten days,rr today, to, thursday, will be steamy and hot. storms o thursday afternoon. and hit and miss rain chances through the holid weekend. toward friday, no more 90s for a while. 1466 inbound, we're slow there. disabled vehicle. that's the news for today. weakppreciate youg up with us. >> the "today" show is up next. we'll see youn 25 minutes. until then, enjoy your day.at >> make it a guesday, everybody.

good morning. the president speaks issuing these words about senator john mccain. >> we very much appreciate everythingr that senamccain has done for our country. >> but just hours pointed silence. >> any j thoughts onn mccain? >> and the white house scramblec to reverseourse lowering flags once again after republicans, democrats and a prominent veterans group slams him for the slight. >> anybody who in any way tarnishes the reputation of john mccain deserves a whipping. >> this mornin senator mccain's longtime friend lindsey graham is with us live in studio 1a. late summer scorcher, ass maive heat wave gripping nearly 70