worries. "news 4 at 4:00" starts right now. hi therll of course w start with the weather alert. if you've been outside it feels like 1 degre out there for some of you. >> that's right, and this heat wave is far from over. storm teameo 4 mlogist doug kammerer is standing by with what's ahead. sug, it's steamy hot. >> it isamy hot and even looks steamy hot from where i'm sitting right s now andnd right now. current temperatures sitting at 93 degrees in the city and 94 hagerstown. 93 philadelphia. even ocean city coming in at 88 degrees. it's not just the heat, but it's te humidity and the humidity way up acros region. this is the current heat index around the area. 5 leesburg. 104 right now in fredericksburg and 109 in quantico and105 in annapolis and downtown the current heat index coming in at 10 degrees. most of the area under a heat rightry across the region on through 8:00 tonight. that will most likely be repeated as we head into the day tomorrow. what about the rest of the week and the alayimportant labor

weekend? i've got that forecast for you coming up in just a fewtemi >> thanks, doug. >> there are new concerns about safety at a local elementary. a driver shouting hateful threats at the crossing guard who was just on the job. and now extra securitys in place. news 4's pat collins is live.ay this is lte elementary in d.c.'s chevy chase neighbor. th is upper northwest where students just got released from school a short time ago. pat, what on earth? >> i don't know, wendy, i just dot know whato make of this, crossing guards. they are just out to do good. make sure that gets kid to and from school safely. they are almost like santa claus. it's wrong to attack ain cro guard, which is what makes what happened here yesterday doubly hurtful. comes outo protect crossing guards today. just in case that guy comes

ck.k. vile words, bodily threats, a suected hate crime. the target, a school crossing lafayette elementary school, ibroad branch north hampton. yesterday a crossing guard stops traffic here soan kids c cross. as he does, they a sayan in a blue nissan starts yelling things at him, anti-hispanic things, words we canay on television. i showed the police report to some people around here. this is what they had to say. >> that's incredibly offensive. it's sad to know that there are people in our community, in the lafayetteommunity who had those views and express them so freely. >> at one point they say t man in that nissan told the crossing guard heidn't belong working in this area around white kids.

>> i mean, it's just piable that people think it's okay to share things with other people, especially with children around like that. >> the crossing guard who was targeted her yesterday has been temporarily reassigned to another school today, a that man in her car, the man in the nissan car, after he dre away, wendy, he did a u-turn and came back and shouted more vile things. i'll get more into that at 5:00. >> did anybody get his license plate? >> i don't think so. but cops are really working this case. so we don't know. >> there are all sorts of cameras aund here. they may have gotten him further down the street. >> all right. okay? we'll check back in with you. thanks, pat. >> this is just in. it's an alarming incident that happened on metro. our transportatn reporterdam tuss confirmed a blue line train took the wrong route this mornint the train w on to the orange line and wound up at the

courthouse station. riders were told to expect elays after a, quote, train malfunction. metro says this was actually a issue. there were no injuries. adam is gathering more details and will have a live report coming up a little bit later on news 4. o>> more big stori this tuesday. google firing back at president the pnt accusing the sitrump. search giant of suppressing conservative content. google says its search is not ted to set a political agenda. it says reports are not biased towards any trump's economic adviser says the administration is taking a look at whether google searches should actually be regulated. paul manafort'simecond al trial will begin a little later than expected. the judge overseeing the case has agreed to delay the trial for a week. theury trial will begin on september 17th. opening statements, however, will not begin until the 24th.rs defense law have asked for

this saying that they don't neee o sort through the evidence. >> puerto rico's official death count from hurricane maria last fall was 64 people, but a long-awaited independent study claimed that's not true. researchers from george washington university now say nearly 3,000 people died in the six months following the storm. they say part of the reason for theisparitys doctors not being trained in how to certify deaths after a disaster. >> there was a number given out only a week or two after the storm that reflected deaths that were directly caused by the storm, and it was way too early, and -- and it did not look at the total counting for what might have happened over several months. >> and the researchers also discovered the risk of death was higher for older men and people in poor aas. >> a solemn sight in the senate

chamber. senator john mccain's seat draped in a black drape, members e aisle sides of remembering his service and especially poignant were words from his closest friend. >> if you were loved by him, you knew it, and you were loved by all your faults and i was lucky to have him asy friend. >> memorial services for mccain will begin tomorrow in arizona. then on friday three days of local services will begin, and we've put the full schedule for you on our nbc washington app. today the world is remembering the queen of soul. >> the unforgettable aretha franklin, and today thousands are paying their respects. this is a live looke outs the church in detroit. this is where the singer is lying in repose. now we take a look inside. >> i knew i had to gethere. >> reporter: flitting loyalty to the life and legacy of the queen of soul.

thousands lined the streets of downtown detroit for a glimpse of the golden casket carrying music royalty. >> just goes to show you how much of a hanitarian she really was. not just a sing, but she cared for the people, and so the people are hereo just say thank you. >> reporter: angel harris traveled two and aalf days by train to detroit for the chance toay her final respects to the one and only aretha franklin. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: inside the charles h. wright museum of afcan-american history franklin lying in repose, dressed in a crimson dress and shoes to signify her member ship in the delta theta sorority and the gospel being played where her career began. >> she became a world class star and she always remembered her roots. >> she's been putting her p lov

ple for more than 60 years, and this is theesult. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t >> a talent second to none lost her w battleh pancreatic cancer on august 16th. >> when sang a song, sang a song, it touched you. >> that meaning to be celebrad with aretha franklin and placed in history. >> and back at home, a teenage girl is speaking f the first time about a teacher who she saysexually assaulted her. timothy threkeld hasnd sured his license as a fairfax county teacher. julie carey was in court as the teen toldsi her v what have happened. >> it was inside this shop classroom at langston hughes middle school, storage closet there, where the alleged sexual activity took place neither end of the school year back in 201 on the witness stand the alleged victim now 18 describing her

past relationship with her former shop teacher. he was once a vational ed teacher of the year. in sometimes halting testimony and visibly uncoortable, the teen answered prosecutor's questions about how the intimate contact began, first kissing and asked the prosecutor sked, can you describe how she kissed you? >> like a peck on the lips. >> can you describe how it sn't a peck on the lip. >> french kissing. >> did he ever touch anypr of t ate areas? >> yes, my breast, myagina and bu and she testified he also made her touch him. the improperelationship w discovered in june of 2014d hen the allectim's older ister caught her with the teacher on a planned movie date at the reston town center. police and school oicials were alerted but the girl said the two had only kissed. asked the prosecutor today why did you not reveal all the

details of what happened? because i was ashamed that it happened and sced,aid the teen. it's likely the prosecution will wrap up its case today. it is unknown whether timothy threkeld will testify in his own defense tomorrow. julicarey, news 4. >> the excitement that usually goes into the start of a college football season is tempered greatly for the maryland terrapins. the investigation into the program continues after the death of player jordan mcnair, and with all of this the season does go on sherree burruss joins us from the news room with new comments from the inter head coach ahead of the season's first game. >> reporter: memories of jordan mcnair will be clear at fedex field in texas, the team wearing number 79 on aheir helmet moment of silence and for the terps finding a balance between mourning a teammate and preparing for a game hasn't been'sed, but it's somethi be been easy, but it's something

they have to do. >> we grieve differently, every player and family, and we'll never be done with that. it's not like it's goingo go away. we're not asking it to go away. when we do try to play footbal as our players i think did a great job talking about how they want to honoran jord when our players play they want to play well, want to play well for each other and playell for jordan or helping each owher and en someone is having a tough day. wery to help each other out. i think everything that they have dealt with, they have done the bes job they could possibly do. >> canada is currently eading the program and durkin remains on leave. the game kicks off at noon fedex field. the team's first home game in college park september fpt ber 15th. live from the newsroom, sherree burruss, news 4 sports. >> thanks, sherree.r check y medicine cabinet tonight. >> there is an important recall involving children's advil because there is concern about overdosing. >> and professional thieves with an unusual target. look at that. the victim talking only to news 4. >> and feels-like temperature are now in the triple digits.

doug is back to tell us when we'll get some relief. plus, we have an update on chances for rain or theve

back with a weather alert. take a look at the feels-like temperatures out there right now. a lot of us feeling triple-digit bat. doug isk here in a fewte

mi with how much longer this will last. >> we've heard of car thieves targetingndour wheelsour air bags, but in one montgomery neighborhood, one family is dealg with something that stumped police, stumped their insurance companys news jackie benson explains they woke up to find a cee with only toors. >> the carar d doorroo of this 2011 bmw sedan was surgically removed sometime in the early morning hours of august 8th. >> you have to have a door. you can be ticketed for driving without a door. >> reporter: thomas was inside his silver spring home when he heard a loud persistent knock at thewaoor and i police. they said did you leave your car parked? ad you have any problem with your car last nig i said, no, my car is fine. it should be down there, and he said you better come down here and take a look. >> this image shows how the thieves cut the lock out of the front driver's side door to gain

access to the vehicle and remove and ste the rear door. the apartment complex sits in a quiet neighborhood of silver springs, reports of stolen car rings are not uncommon in the district, but this has everyone shaking their heads. >> they were pretty surprised. hadn't seen anything like that before. s jackie benson reporting. the owners she's going back and forth and this is an insurance company ting to make it understand that the whole car wasn't stolen. just one car. >> a consumer ale i. pfiz recalling some of its children's advil bubble gum flaved medicine. the company is concerned about accidental overdoses due to confusion would be dosage cut. it's marked in teaspoons, but the instructions arel in m liters. you can find the details that you see right theren your

sreen and our nbc washington app andrch advil recall. you and i both know when you wake up in the middle of the night and looking at the dosage, it's toanh. >> neverind it anyway. >> right. >> and then i've got to convert some to millimeters. >> we rejected that thing. >> that's not happening. >> 108 degrees feels like in quantico. >> yeah, along the river, the potomac and chesapeake bay. these areas with higher dew points near the water, feeling 105, 110, hazy, hot and humid and that's what we expect across the area. current temperatures sitting right now at 39 degrees winds out of southwest at 12 miles per hour. with that abundant sunshine, current temperatures around the rest of the area. ed in mid-90s. culpepper and fredry, 95 in baltimore. d.c., again, 93 because of the influence of the potomac river. take that lyaway. eae right around the 95-degree number. here's the heat index,here it

is. 108 degrees in quantico, 107 i p pawtuxet river. you guys are all as hot as the rest ofs. rtstheoutski city aren't hitting thesh thd. still on the hot side for you nonetheless. nothing as far as rain or storms go in our immediate area. some back down towards the shenandoah valleynd parts o shenandoah county, that's it. these are well back towards the i-81 corridor. not moving off to the east. a few came around front royal, that's about it. the wider view showing once again this hug ridge of high pressure sending all the storms well up into canada before w making their back down across parts of the northeast. so in between chicago and atlanta, again today, not a cloud in the sky.

we're building the heat again across this region. 95 st. louis. look at new york 92 degrees and even up around t 90s in the boston area and a lot of 90s going on across the eastern patt ofn. now, we are going to wait. this heat ridge or a heat dome as it's known is soing to around our reg op. high pressure dominating tomorrow and right on through thero day tom on thursday early. thursday we see a cold front move through. it will allow for storms to develop. we were going to have possible to strong an severe weatherli a le bit of a chance of that, and once the front moves through 'll cool things down by 10 to is a degrees as we make our way into fridayha and comes with something different. first off tomorrow at the bus stop, 78 degrees and warm. heat index of 88 degrees and 95 by pickup. that heat index still around 105. i fully expect another heat advisory during the day tomorrow. 92 degrees on thursday and still on the humid side with thunderstorms on the afteron. friday, high of 83 and 84 on saturday. still a chance of showers and

storms. again, i say strong storms should be on thursday and friday not much of a chance. just shower activity. the rest of the ten-day forecast including the all-important labor day weekend. i've got it for you coming up in a minute. >> thanks, doug. there are changes to curity at a local video game tournament. how the shooting in jacksonville last weekend is affecting the gaming here this weekend. and, of course, you remember whenn ovech led the caps to their stanley cup

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. okay. so it's not just alex ovechkin d the caps players receiving those championship rings for winning the stanley cup. caps owner ted leonsis is giving 500 employees a special ring to celebrate their aceyevements. thad to be working on june 7th, the date the caps won. thempyee rings will be different from the ones given to the player. fittings are expected to happen this week. the ring, by the way, will be delivered ithe fall, so cool. >> were you working full time

when the caps were winning that night? anyway. it's been nine months after llywood exiled comedian c.k. lewi after xual misconduct -- actually it's louis c. he is back, and joins us is vic jagger. this is at the comedy cellar at grh village and did a set like so many comedians do and jerry seinfeld said can i jump in? >> i wased very surprecause it was a surprise performance. no one knew he would get onst e. it may have been the shock of him having the courage to get up there after he admitted to sexual misconduct. he gotea so many dropped from fx to hbo. >> everything, his series. >> his movie. >> andne persohatut was henew material so i'm sure this

won't be the last that we've imen of on stage. >> what do your listeners think of that? >> such a surprise. they didn't have a chance to even react to it, but i don't know if they would give them an stan ovation from the feedback that we've been getting from a lot of the celebriti i caught up this scandal. >> right, sure. >> someone who should be getting a standing ovation gets onest alvery day it seems like. >> not me. >>h, okay. >> i'm sure you do, too. >> i know i do, but i'm sure you do. >> beyonce and jay-z are giving away $1 million to 11 students acrosshe country. >> $100,000 to 11 students. each tour stop that they have on the run 2, on tour shutting it down. these scholarships are for college student in need of money for school so it's amazing that they are actually going to donate money. >> yeah. >> a lot ofy people say te touring and just want to get

your money. no, they are actually giving back. >> can't make a d bigl out of it. >> they have been very philanthropic with their riches. >> yes. >> each student has been chosen by aal l girls and boys club. >> excellent. >> here it is. 108re d just today. >> yes. >> and pumpkin spice lattes are back on the menu. >> it's back, and i know you love pumpkin spice everything. you said you would have pumpkin spice anything. >> pumpkin pie in the middle of ju, i'm eating it. >> it's back, and they have celebrating the 15th birthday of the pumpkin spice latte, and now .hey will have more optio the pumpkin spice cookie straws and the pumpkin spice flavored and k-cups, pumpkin spice everything. >> did mayishing people but hat's too bad. >> it'se and nothing you can do about it. >> vic gger, thank you so much. >> susan. >> thanks, ladies, and we are now in weather alert mode.

dangerous heat has a grip on our area. doug is back when it will let up. and a slip

this afternoon senat lindsey graham delivered an emotional tribute to his late friend senator john mccain. >> and one day after caving to pressure from veterans and lowering the federal flag in mccain's honor, the presidentis then turned attention to tech companies accusing them of bias but offering no evidence t u that claim. >> blayne alexander is tracking the storys.or hi, blayne. >> this is a new trump in president trump's fight with the mea. google say today that its search results are not politically biased, but the president is calling this a serious situation that will be addressed. president trump is not happy with his google results, and today he's attacking the tech giant headth on. issue, when you google trump news, he says, the search engine stories gs up negative about him. no news from conservative sites. they have it rigged so almost all stories and news is bad,he president tweeted, accusing

google of suppressing conservative voices. >> google and twitter and facebook, they are really treading on very, very troubled territory, and they have to be careful. >> reporter: google responded saying we never rank search results m toipulate political sentiment. now democrats are pumping the sakes. >> i don't think wuld be racing to regulate just based on the prident's subjective experience one morning. >> the focus today on capitol hill, paying tribute to senator john mccain, including words from one of his closest friends lindsey graham. >> i do not cry for a perfect man. i cry for a man who had honor and always was willing to admit to his onimperfec >> reporter: earlier on the "today" show graham raising more questions about the fate ofot anr former senatell coeague, attorney general jeff sessions, doubling down on his prediction that president trump is ready to let him isgo. >> thi a dysfunctional relationship.

we need a better one. >> reporter: better relationship but same mandate, graham says, allowing the mueller investigation to continue without interruption. and back to senator mccain, he will lie in statet the capitol on friday before his funeral at the national cathedral on saturday. president trump is not scheduled to attend either of tse events. wendy. >> blayne alexander, thank you, blayne. that tribute from lindsey graham is one example of how senator mccain was respected by his peers. to the at 5:00, the mother of a fallen sailo now talking about what the late senator meant to her. jim handl is in our newsroom with a look at what's news tonight at 5:00. >> yeah, the warship "uss mccn" was named aft the late senator's father and also the vessel involved in a deadly crash, you mayremember, last summer when ten sailors were killed, including timothy eckels. tonight his mother shares her special cnection to the senator with our meagan

fitzgeraon and an investigati after the blue line train winds up on the wrong route sending riders to the wrong place. transportation reporter adam tuss is gathering new he'll join us live with the report at 5:00. we'll soon see you with those stories and a good deal more and more on this heat wave, too, that should have everybodyg keept indoors today. >> yes. >> thanks, jim. >> hugging the air conditioner. >> yeah. >> 55 years ago today, one of the most famous speeches in our country' history delivered here in washington. martin luther king jr. gave his "i he adream" speech on steps of the lincoln memorial calling for an end to racism, making a push for civil and economic rights. text from that speech carve in stone in west potomac park and today visitors braving the heat to visit the site t miles from where the speech was given. s, it's a hot day to be out on the national mall. storm center th with a look at what's in store

for us. > we've got the heat advisory once again until 8:00 for just about the entire area, and even areas lcke frede and leesburg, you're not in the heat advisory, still extremely hot and humid and the heat index well overos 100 in locations. next couple of days, what are we seeing out theree hing for sure the hot and humid conditions last right on into the day tomorro and mos likely into thursday, too, soel g like so 2. storms possible friday and still a little bitunsettled and watching your labor day weekend. what's in store there? amelia joins you in ten minutes. >> thanks, doug. > students in our area's largest school district are finishing up the fstntyirtudentk in session and there was big welcome back this morning. >> reporter: early turnoutor the high school cheerleaders

here at fairfax high. are you red for school? >> yes! >> reporter: i'll say. we've got the band tuning up in the background. what a wonderful day to start off the school year on this first day here at fairfax high school. 2,400 plus kids and another 600 that you throw in from the academy, and y've got a lot of kids and a lot of great expectation and we've got a brand new principal. your expectation. >> my expectations, the part of the fairfax family. >> all right. this is the competition squad so we'll see big things from you this year, right? >> yeah! >> reporter: here in fairfax county and fairfax high school, we're excited about rchool. we'redy for school? >> yeah! >> reporter: back over to yo >> i don't think my jack was as excited to go back today. new security measures greeted students in fairfax county a well. this year all classroom doors will be locked at all times. there are moreresource officers

and psychologists on staff and students will also take part in enhanced lockdown drills, and some of those drills will be unannounced. hasof course, any kid who not gone back to school, you'll be heading back by next week. go to our nbc washington app for some important safety reminders for you drivers andedestrians. the mass shooting in florida, it has prompted some changes a a local video game tournament. >> we'll explain what will beff ent this weekend. a program for public outreach within the prince george's county police department has turned into a bit of a pr

>> part of a major video gamen in virginia has been cancelled in the wake of the jacksonville shooting. ea sports has called off itsen maevent at the dulles expo center. organizers are reviewing safety protocols before they reschedule. the madden event, part of a

laer gaming convention called jacks. m. the rest of the convention, it will go on as planned this weekend at the expo center. organizers say they are doing everything that they can to ensure people are safe. travelers from all over the world, they are learning what we already know. >> that's right. >> d.c. iso great placebe, and all of those visitorsonean big for local businesses. destination d.c. says nearly 23 million people visited us in 2017, including 2ilon people from overseas. visitors spent more than $7 billion at d.c. businesses which has helped to support more than 75,000 jobs. that's good for the people who live here. >> this is not fun and games, although people will go to games and have fun when they come to d.c. tourism really has a significant impactn our bottom line, and tourism equals jobs. the group also previewed a

new advertising campaign.le it's c discover the real d.c. it encourages people to get away from the national mall and nument and discover the distribute's diverse neighborhood. >> calls for change within the catholic church. many want carnal donald wroourl out. how. the d.c. archdiocese is responng today. amelia. >> well, we'll hot and humid through thursday. take a lookht now and feeling over 100 degrees out there for most us and nice cooling showers and thunderstorms late in the dur on thay and will they lost on

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doug a amelia will be back soon to tell youe' when wll get a break and we'll have your labor day weekend forecast for you. also, nearly 3,000 people died in puerto rico because of hurricane maria last year. this according to researchers from george washington university who conducted an independt study ofhat disaster. the official death toll is 64. researchers blame the disparity in part on doctors n kno how to certify deaths after a dister, and a teenager gave ny explicit testi today in a sexual abuse trial against a former timothy threlkeld was once a shop teacher at langston hughes middle school. at 5:00 we'll hear what happened when the defense questioned the teen's version of events, and google ig fir back at president trump, after the president accused the search giants of suppressing conservative content. google says its search is not used to set a politicalan agend the results are not biased

towards any ideology. >> this prince george's county police officer is in the middle of a viral social media controversy. an explanation of what the officer was caughtg sayin and why the police officer is now apologizing. >> the chief wantso to go outreach allowing the police chief and his overs a chance to interact with the community. >> we're going the bring dog out in a minute. >> this demonstration lasts friday wit part of the outreach when a canine handler says something that's sparking a al controversial on the internet. >> this portion of the video taken fromrthe police dent facebook live has spread around the internet through youtube and facebook with one posting getting nearly 30,000 shares. the cesefnded with his own video posting. >> during the presentation one of our handlersn made unfortunate remark.

the reality is that that officer misspoke. > reporter: responses on facebook on theofficer's words and the chief's apology were critical saying apologies not accepted. that n unfortunate remark and unacceptable in 2018. another said if you say racist things that makes you ara st. >> i have talked to the officer and he's very troubled by these respon in comparison to his record of service to this community. >> reporter: this incident happened outside of the enmmunity center. the justice depar is investigating the prince george's county after more than 0 officer filed complaints alleging discrimination within the department. for seral months now, all of the officers have been with oing bias training were the university of maryland. tracee wilkins, news 4. >> news 4 is working f health wan alert about mosquito spraying tonight in parts of prince george's county. officials recommend you do stay

insi you live in the lan hamm an temple hills area. that starts a little after 7:30. >> you can help the mosquito population by dumping out anything that has water inne it your home, no matter how small it is. amazing they don't need much to breathe. we've seen so many showers and so much rain over the last month and a half. standing pools and even now we haven't seen that the last couple of days. >>pl a lot of p aren't sitting outside there tonight. >> no rson to. >> yeah. >> air conditioning for sure. thinking about heading out to dinner tonight. do it inside. won't be doing it outside. temperature-wise, sitting at 93 degrees and take a look. very humid at 7:0 andropping to 82 by is 1:00 and the heat index in c. at 11 has to be near 90 degrees tonight. that's the kind of heat and humidity across the region. vice president had a lot

especially this time of year. q108 inntity coand so 5 towards fredericksburg. we had a heat advisory in effect along the back i-81 corridor. frederick and leesburg, the cities themselves are in there, and the outgoing suburbs are not in that h advisory and even in upper montgomery county and around urba, trust me, it's on the hot side as well. radar, not much to show. a shower intoai fax county earlier. the only showers are back here towards shenandoah countol we you yesterday, they would be west of the blue ridge and that's exactly where they e and towards shenandoah area and coming into portions of i-81. satellite and radar together shing that this pattern is going to stick around for the next couple of days. big ridge of high pressure sending storms to the north, and the heat continues to build. that's why we think tbeorrow may he hottest day of the week. >> absolutely. we're talking about highs tomorrow at least in the mid-90s and maybe warming into th upper 90s and when you factor in the

mugginess it feels like at least 105 degrees out there during the afternoon hours. that's why tomorw and another storm team 4 weather alert day, take it easy outdoors, especially during the afternoon and evening hours and take lots of breaknd drinking lots of water and wearing light loose-flitting clothing. even though we're cooler doesn't feel much better. 93 degrees and 100 on thurs and big changes move in on friday. a high of 83 and it's still mugg and for the most part 83 feels like 83 out there on friday, andven thoughe see the temperature cool down it stays muggy, not just on friday but until the holiday weekend. the rain outlook, not talking about most of us being dry. every single day, thursday, scattered thunderstorms in the day and widespread showers and a thundershower or two out there on friday and scattered thunderstorms on saturday, sunday andonday and here's the thing. it's not a washout. it's that ki of typical summer pattern. yes, we are looking at thunderstorms later in thehu da

onday with a cold front and maybe isolated areas of heavy rain and not a huge threat for severe weather based on the latest information right now. again, does a little for our humidity friday and it won't be a weekendwashout. best chance for thunderstorm saturday, sunday and monday. that's going to be during the ternoon hours, and, doug, a betterthe beach is a day than anyone else. good to be down at ocean city on yiday. hopefuhe showers hold off on friday and after that the weekend there at the beach will be okay. >> friday might not be the best beach y. >> we'll here for the back-yard weather for the summer. 92 on your thus and 83 degrees on that friday and 60% chance or sh an mostly showers on friday. nothing too strong and then wer ack up as we head back into next week. temperatures we think back into the 80'd. hit a heat wave? yeah, 90, 91, technically that's a heat wave and chance of storms

each day, too. thanks. >> you bet. >> is there anything nicer at a baseball game than catching a foul ball in your beer? we got one last night in chicago at the cubs game. a man caught his foul -- >> there you go. >> yeah. >> bottoms up. >> and then you get to call your friends and say guess what i just did. >> still there. >> you might remember tans. a wom did the same thing back in june. she caught foul ball in her cup. >> and hers was full. >> at a is a dras game in san diego. she pounded that beer and got her 15 minutes of fame facebook. >> what are the chances? >> what's t splash zone of that? >> right. >> the splash zone is h approximatelyn't 4 feet in diameter. >> i'm sure. >> those cups are dinitely big enough to fit that in and it's easier to catch it in a cup than your hand. done it before. i have. >> what, at a bar? not at a professional game ant just letting you know it

be done. >> doug's testimonial. >> 3. the radius. >> good to know. >> thanks, doug. a toddler found wandering alone thisorning in frederick has been reunited with her family. the 3-year-old girl was found all alone around 7:00 this morning along osprey way. frederick city police used, listen to this, a bloodhound to track the l scent of thtle girl back to her home. police say her parents were at work, and her guardian was fast pasleep. chiltective services found no neglect. >> that happened to a friend of mine her son got up while they were still asleep. he walked down to thegh nrs where he plays with their friends. >> right. >> so they called and said you know where h sonis? >> knocking on our door. >> right. >> it happens, it happens. >> next at 5:00. security is tightened at a local school and what we're about the driver behind us. >> and some catholics are calling for the resignation of

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the catholic church is dealing with fallout of sexual abuse this afternoon. todayas an annual tradition for catholic school teachers. cardinal donalduerl normally delivers mass for teachers beginsthe school year but he didn't show up. news 4'sicoleacobs reports from northeast. >>ea asers prepare for a new ear receiving blessings from the catholic church there were controversies cardinal donald wuerl who has in the past led the mass, but in his absence father bill byrn our lady of mercy church attended instead with the controversylurrounding cardi wuerl remains the forefront for many. he finds himself embroil in a catholic debate on what he knew and when regarding hispr ecessor theodore mccarrick as well as his time as

archbishop in pittsburgh. accusations of sexual abuse hitting a new high as archbishop carlo vigneault accuses the cardinal of a deeper cover-up claiming the cardinal and pope francis were all aware of the allegations againstccarrick who stepped down last month, calling him a serial predator and the cardinal denies any knowledge of the wrongdoing. the archbishop of washington reading a statement in part that says cardinal wuerl has indicated during his entire tenure his archbishop washington no one has come forw td to sayo him cardinal mccarrick m abused or made any other like claims. a f controversy as-reaching as the vatican where even pope francis has declined to comment on vigneault's lest criticism. storm team 4 in weather alert mode. i'm doug kammerer. the heat is not going anywarre

e any time soon. >> metro explains how a blue line track wind up on the wrong orange line route. >> spewing hate at the school crossing guard. >> just despicable that people think it's okay to sharese t things with others. >> the extra security in place after hateful threats at a man just doing his job. >> and we begin with atorm team 4 weather alert. that heat advisory is in effect all d and the temperatures out there feel like they are 100 and above. >> it's a scorcher, folks l not of relief for those out and about. the best place to be right where you are or maybe under the heat sprinklers. >> where they are. >> yeah. >> doug kammerer wants to out the weather deck and he felt better. >> it melted. >> went out and couldn't find it. >> 92 degrees. the current temperature right now. hagerstown, 94. this is big impressive heat across the area and look at

pittsburgh, the heat index even gher around 100 to 105. that's why we have a heat advisory in effect. right on down into parts of southern maryland. the entire part of the eastern shore. hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester, as well. does not inclu frederick or loudon. don't worry about that. still on the hot side. doesn't matterf you're in it or not. heat index close to 100 through most locations. tomorrow into thursday, we'll continue to see that chance of that heat index over 100 degrees and right on through thursday. storms possible thursday and more showers on friday. that will bring down the temperatures considerably. we'll talk about that as we head into the labor day weekend because we're tracking that for you, saturday, sunday and mondto. have some chances in there and i'll let you know how you can be affect. >> doug, thank you. unplanned stuff for passengers today. riders thothht they were o blue line and quickly realized they were but they were going the wrong way.