potential missteps found in court records as investigators collected evidence from that burning mansion. >> our investigative reporter jody fleisher joins us here with a story you'll see only on news 4. >> reporter: after countless delays and years of questions the tri for the soul defendant darren wendt is set to begin next week. we've been digging through the courords and finding new details raising questions about the way evidence was collected at the crime scene and what may have been missed. you'll recall wendt is charged n theme greusome murder of his boss, wife amyld and tn along with their housekeeper all killed in the mansion in5. 2 now take a look at what we found. in the basement of the mansion, investigatound a screwdriver holding a window open. is that how the suspect was able to get inside?

forensic biologist emily head asking thaf recalls the screwdriver be collected. however, she does not believe it was warecovered. r bottles and gloves were found all over the crime scene, accordinge records filed by prosecutors about dna evidence was the never collected. why? because the investigator was told that they had been used and left behind f by thest responders and firefighters. a similar sceners upsts bottles were found in the room where the three adults were tied up and tortured. the report indicates firefighters took water from the victim's refrigerator in the master bedroom and, therefore, recoveredence was not according to the atf investigator the medical examiner indicated that tie may have been used to tie at least one of the victims so she asked that the door to the tie closet be swabbed but she does not believes, it and we li o oevthbeneele r tecorasdsoi it appears the other toilets

were filled with urine but the atf agents say those, too, were used by the firefighters. reaction nowro a former fbi profiler. >> there comes a pnt where y do everything that's logical and that makes accepts. maybe you d a step beyond that and grab the pizza crust. the other things, forrest gump told us stuff happens, and i think in every case you're going to st thappen. >> now the aaron for darren wendt say they are, quote, anxious to see how the goveccment came toe the wrong man of these heinous crimes and how in their rush to judgment they overlooked the true culprit. we did reach out to the atf. they had no comment and neither did the u.s. attorney'sffice du to the pending litigation. boy, there was a lot there to read. thanks. news 4 is working with you on this high-profile murder mysters joinext tuesday. we'll take a deep dive into this case on the eve of the trial.

we'll be examining the evidence against darren wendt, the clues left behind, including what was just -- what was just report, and thege lng questions. we will have a panel of experts. was someone else ndinvolved, what was the motive? join us tuesday night at 6:30 for exclusive reporting in mansion murders, inside the investigation. jim? >> now to a move that could mean a lot of peopl o in area going without a pay increase. the psident saysoday he will cancel planned across-the-board raise for most federal workers. in a letter to congrestr presidenp said federal agency budgets cannot sustain the increases. now that includeal ly pay increases set to take effect in january that he says are estimated at $25.1%re ies acros board for many workers this. move comes, of course, as the b president hn touting a tax break that some estimate will

add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next ten years. the mr. trump haslso threatened a possible shutdown multiple times if congress doesn't fund his proposed border wall. nearly 300,000 federal workers region including northern virginia. congresswoman barbara comstock says she opposedmo the , writing in part we cannot balance the budget on the backs of our federal employees adding she will work with those in congress to ensure that pay increases are iluded when the vote this september. let's take a look at the forecast. another soupy hot day. it seems to be easing u little bit and doug is tracking wfew changes ahead for our holidaykend. what should we be expecting? >> definitely a changen e air. yesterday our heat index was at 93, actual temperature 94. right now at 91. still hot but the heat index not much of an issueti s at 94, 95 degrees.ls everybodynow in the 80s

for the most part. storms nothing in the d.c. metro area. we'll stay drive this evening. if you're down in the southern zones watch out here. back door page county and some ay make their way int rappahannock county. heat relief tomorrow. a chance of storms on the increase tomorrownd into saturday and then, of course, watching the rest of the labor dayke w. whether you're going to the beaches or mountains, we've got you covered. see you bac here in ten minutes. >> all right. >> were learning the fate of a formerai he sexually assaulted a patient. our bureau chief julie carey has been in the courtroom all week and joins us now to tell us what happened. jules? >> reporter: hi, there, the jury got this case around 2:00 thisa afternoo in closing arguments both the defense and prosecution agreed on one thing. this jury's decision is going to come down to whether they believed the word of a now

18-year-old young woman or that of her former teacher. th scene of the alleged crime, a storage closet inside shop classroom at langston hughes middle schoolhere a teaching girl says her teacher timothy threlkeld molested her as her eighth grade year came to a close. said the prosecutor, this defendant grouped a young girl to meet hiserverted sexual desires. their improper relationship came to light in the summer of 2014. threlkeld lost his job and later his teaching license, but it wasn't until last year that the girl revealed the new graphic details. but his defense attorney says the girl is making it all up,sa ng, quote, her facts keepmovingt the vince in c e. she urged jurors to think hard about that storage closet asking the bottom line is why would you go into this cluttered storage closet if no one was in the classroom in the answer is because it didn't happen. but prosecutors countered reminding jurors of the 600

pages of texts written between the two, and they spotlight aal phone last year recorded by police in which the alleged victim confronts threlkeld. we've altered her voice to protec her identity. >> are you sorry for the things that we did? >> like i told i you,on't know what to tell you. it caused me a lot of problems, what went , and i just -- i -- i don't know what to tell you. >> reporter: and it appears jurors are listening to that corded phone call again because when i left the courtroom a few moments agoy t were asking for i.t. to help. timothy threlkeld faces four counts of indecent liberties cotenvmd, oic to h ten years on each one of those charges. wendy, back to you. >> thanks, jooulgs. in addition to the arges, threlkeld is not allowed to teach in any public schools. the virginia department of ucation cancelled his licenses three years ago because of his misconduct allegations.

scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team had a conducted an investigation into teacher license revocation and continues our coverage. >> reporter: wendy, there's aty sa net to keep teachers invoed in sexual misconduct called license revocation. once you're stripped of a rcense in one state all 49 other states flag you and keep you away through a national database that's shared by all 50 states. tce a teacher's name is entered into the system tcher is unable to get a license elsewhere. it's used by the 50 statepa ments of education, but virginia is going a step further. we're td in the coming months every individual school district will be given an access to check the search engine and run a name search on any prospective teacher hires. virginia has set aside money to help the school dtrictsay for this. virginia has taken several steps to improve and speed its system for revoking teacher licenses.

they did so citing the work of the local news 4 i-team. so were slow to start the revocation process. >> to see all of the i-team repos on tracking teacher misconduct, open the nbc washingtonpp and search slipping through the cracks. right now john mccain is on his final flight here to washington. today arizona bid a final good-bye to a man who served the people of that state for more thanhr decades. at a memorial today speakers focused on k his wellwn qualities of putting politics above partisanship and being a maverick. ♪ ♪ love you, arizona >> i get the phone, and he says, sorry, i'm running for the u.s. senate. blah, blah, blah. you know j he was going 100 miles hour, so i'm going, like, okay. and he's like i want you to

co-chair my campaign, and i said, john, you know, i'm a democrat. ♪ ♪ i love you, arizona >> we're all fromfe very dnt worlds but we developed a meaningful friendship. he ran for president and i run out of bounds. he was the epitome of contact and i do erything to avoid contact. >> i lov john as a brother who held a lot of family fights. even though john is no longer with us, he left us pretty clear instructions. quote, believe always in the promise and greatness of america because nothing is inevitable ♪ere. ♪ arizona, be you're t lifeline of me ♪ >> next up, senator mccain's

casket will lie in state before memorial and funeralervices a the national cathedral and at the naval academy. starting tonight, you may run into some traffic problems near the capitol building because the city is preparing for the crowd tha will be visiting senator mccain's casket as he lies in state. roads between the capitol, the brary of congress, the supreme court, they are going to close at 11:00 and willremain off-limits through night. ay when we come back tonight at ahead.much more a police pursuit complete with helicopters and police dogs puts two schools on alert today. ahead at 5:00, a home owner describes what the wild scene was and how it came to an end in an attempt to hide from police. >> a man dove head first into hot dirty diapers. >> how they finally got their

man. >> it is something you might see in new york city, but here in the city of alexandria, they are taking commercial space, and they are turning it into a brand-new school. it is the first school to open in the city in nearly 20 years. i'm david culver. just ahead, we're going to show you around this ik redible w space. >> and the skins g finale of the preseason dreams are on the line ander she burruss brings us the excitement and the nerves

deago bolar okay. okay. an unusual arrest in fairfax after a man ranffrom a t stop. fairfax county police tell us one of their h caninped uschas assnif easy out as it might sou. news 4's derrick ward has our story. >> reporter: this picture would be difficult to caption if youhe didn't know story behind it. it was tuesday morning. katherine daniel heard commotion in her fairfax neighborhood, squad cars on the street and a police helicopter above. >> and ited like they were right over our house. >> reporter: they wereoong for this man identified t keegan allen who ran off with police right behind. >> neighbors were directing officers, he went there. >> reporter: made his way to katherine daniels' property and sought refuge i a garbage can. >> and he flipped it open and

just jumped right in head fir into the garbage can. >> reporter: now this might have seemed like a good place to hide but it wasn't for a couple of reempts fir onass. dogs sniffed the out and that's a good thing because what's in that case. one bag of garbage fullir of diapers so that man dove headfi t into hot dirty diapers. >> reporter: the canine police officer and his canine had no trouble finng him holding him at bay until other officers arrived and got him trash can and arrested him. a no extra force was necessary. the minimunt was used, and he was taken into custody. >> i wrote letter to the chief of police because it was to me watching it veryre suring to see how the officers conducted themselves. >> reporter: police found a pound and a half of i marijuana the car allen had run from. in fairfax, derrick rd, news

4. >> diapers, early form of punishme there. keenan allen faces several traffic offenses. another man w a passenger in the car that allen was driving. he didn't run away, and he, too, was arrested. n>> drivers in fairfax county have to keep eye out for firefighters at the major intersections over this weekend because they are hoping to fill the boot and raise money for muscular dystrophy. money you donate will pay for patien to see specialists to attend camps and for research. fairfax firefighters have been doing this for 39 years and because of their effort the localer firefig association makes the biggest donation to the muscular dystrophy asciation in the country. and the tents are up. the stage is lit and the sound crews are gettiheir final checks done. almost time for the birthday bash for anacostia park. it starts tight at 6:00 with ain could sert on the lawn and on saturday there will be boat

tours and a parked scavenger hunt. >> heree go, folks. let's take you live to chapper 4. the redskins up the road in baltimore closing out the preseason against the ravens, and this is a live look at mnt stadium. the game live tonight here on nbc 4. this is the last chance for many to make their case to be on this team. sherree burruss in charm city with a lot more for us. pressure is on a lot of player sherree. >> reporter: yeah, jim, and this will behe end of the preseason for the redskins, so kickoff in just a couple more hours here up in baltimore against the ravens, so for 37 guy here tonight this could be the last game they play with washington. they have four quarters to show the coach jay gruden and staff they deserve to be on the final 53-man roster by saturday at 4:00 p.m. many say theyn't feeling the

pressure and just because you're cut doesn'tean your nfl career is over. the back of everybody's mind and at the samtime do it while you can. enjoy it and not let it bother you too much. i got cut last year anded up back here. it's a crazy business. >> what do you feel you need to he coaches in the last final push? >> a lot more. keep doingee what i've doing. make more plays, make bigger plays. >> i try not to jump to any conclusions too soon because so sbody is going tohow up or somebody is not going to show up on the last game and could make a very big difference. it won't tell the whole story, but it will have a lot of impact in thisinal say. >> reporter: and it was just around 4:30 that we saw the starters out here warming up because they won't be playing in tonight's game. no w surprises witht we saw out here, but i think there's a me.le of games behind these guys on the bubble will take theerield he tonight. live fromlt imore, sbures, news 4 sports. >> thanks, sherree, and there's a new way to selles reate

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breeze so i feel like we've improved quite a bit. >> we really have. we saw theft wind s out from the south yesterday. >> yeah. >> to the north. that helped. ay to tell. the sky is much clearer. not that haze that we saw out there. really does lookuite nice. this picture from our viewingpe peive from d.c. and looking down into the city from northwest. you notices though some clo coming in. yeah, those are high clouds actually from ssorms to the h of us, but right now not much going on in our area. temperature right now1 at degrees and winds out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour, so that is humidity just a bit. i'll show you that in a second. look at the temperatures. yesterday everybody around 94, 95 degrees. today 82 martinsburg and 84 culpepper and huntingtown at 88. look at the heat index. ot a single area near 100 degrees. 94 in d.c. so the temperatures are 92 and the heat index is 94. that's a day to deal with. even annapolis which yesterday

was up towards 108, 109, down th 95. heat index not as big of a factor. that's why there's no heat advisory. not much around the region rain-wise and down to the south where we've seen som storms, big-time storms just to the south of thatrea around charlottesville. page county, the only game in town, trying to make its way towards rappahannock county and they are falling apart moving across. the storms form and you see t storms form here and watch all the clouds here and once the storms go up and look at all of the clouds, the blowoff. it's called the blowoff from mse stere because what happens here the storms get way up into the atmosphere and thenndhe carry all that cloud cover right up towards the north. you can see that rightthere. clear skies in d.c. and now, whoop, here comes all of that high cloudiness. you notice that in northern virginia. reston or loudoun, dealing with clouds from the thunderstorms. pretty cool. had a cold front come ourth way. 's made its way to the south of us, and that's why there's

o owers to the south and a why we're much cooler. look at buffalo. 68 right now and 72 chicago. the 90s only down into the now we will see a change here tomorrow. we'll be back down into the 80s. tonit in-wise, not expecting any rain through 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. wamp this. by around 1:00 a.m. here's some showers and theoi front to move back to the north. showers and maybe a couple of downpours in there andy 8:00 a.m., yeah, we could see some showers and maybe a rumble of thunder or two. most of the area is and scattered showers and storms and that will be the case tomorrow afternoon, too. not a washout of a friday but a lot of cloud cover i think. 86 degrees and mostly cloudy. showers and storms likely and still humid making your way out tomorrow. and not all that bad. 87 on saturday and sundand monday, really looking nice. most of the day is dry both daysd a high aro 90 and it will be warm and humid. heat index back around 95 for labor day and labor day weekend looking good. the nt heat wave is moving

n.90s from sunday all the way through next weekest. the f full week of september. going to be a hot one. >> okay. we've been warned. a warning tonight for anyone who uses a ride share service. you need to be vigilant about the car you get into. >> plus, for some they are convenient a to others a nuisance. now changes may be coming to 's d.c. dockless bike program. how you can have a say. >> and a popular nutrition program that cxperts say help you lose labor day is just around the corner. which means one more day you don't have to sit here. here or here

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a look now at some top stories makingnews. president trump will cancel planned across-the-board payea ins for most federal workers that were set to take effect next year. in a letter to congress today, he says federal agency budgets can't sustain the raises. critics, including virginia congresswoman barbara comstock, says the budget should not beed balan the back of our federal workers. the body of senator john mccain is o its way to washington one last time and today a big sendoff in hisd adopome state of arizona. he'll lie in state at the capitol rotunda, an honor grante d a fewen times. the sexual abuse case against a former fairfax teacher is in the hands of aury tonight. timothy threlkeld is charged

with sexually assaulting an eighth grader at langston hughes middleri school. closing arguments, the prosecution said threlkeld groomed the student for a sexual relationship the defense says her statements don't match the physical idence. ms-13 will not intimidate your family. that is thege mes today from a maryland judge. >> she ordered a member of the notorious gang to spend 25 years behind bars. our chris gorn is live to the at the courthouse in rockville with the significance of this sentence. >> reporter: well, jim and wendy, the judge calls ms-13 a gang that is organized crime and responsible for a reign of tearer that will not be tolerated. now tonight for the very first time we're getting an inside look at the gang hangout that was involved in this crime. we're about to showou video and still picres that were used as evidence in today's sentencing.

this montgomery county police body cam video shows officers raiding the house that ms-13 took over. it's located on university boulevard in silver spring. logos used b theang to ncerom mark the house as their territory. 18-year-old david lagunas bolanos cled thatunbelievable saying he's part of a crime promoting urban terrorism. last month a h ise silver spring was scheduled for demolition and a worker believed it was empty a was confront by two gang workers, one wearing a ack ski mask and pay parentally holding a handgun the other carried a machete canceled in his pant leg and one yelled are we okay, get out of here. the employee was allowed to leave the house unharmed and he calledic p

when police raided the house they found ms-13 gang members founng they had been u it as a safe house or what gang members called a destroyer. inside investigators found graffi on wallsnd a shrine honoring the saint of death. four ms-13 gang members were arrested for crimes related to that purple lineen inc when blowniolanos was in jail h spoke to other inmates. >> if you think because you're under the age of 18 there won't be an enormous consequence for what you do, i think today's case sends the message that that is absolutely not correct n montgomery county. >> the prosecutor says federal authorities have detainer against bolanos which means after heerves his prison sentence he probably will be deported to's mexico. thhe latest live from the

montgomery county courthouse. wendy, back to you. >> strong words from that judge. thank you, chris. this next i oneanother example of why you need to double check the license plate befo you g into a ride share vehicle like uber or lyft. fairfaxlounty police t us a man was robbed after he got into what he believed tbe his uber. they say he got into the car around 3:00 in the morning yesterday and that two men took him to braddock road in annende where they turned him several times and stole his waet. the man told investigators they drove off in a silver toyota. here in the s district we a similar situation back in napped and robbed at gunpoint when he got into u a vehicle he thoughto be his uber. after a night out in the u street corridor. police tell us the suspects in that case demanded his phone and wallet and also made him take at cash at a number of they arrested one of the suspects earlier this month.

days a dropping out of the race republican jerry n mats ha endorsed angela alsobrooks to be theext prince george's county executive according to "the washington post." late last weeke ended h bid hoping to become the first republican to take over that post in 40 years. alsobrooks w had been heavily favored is currently uncontes md. thining a large group of hospital workers and m communityembers gathered outside p vidence hospital which is plan nothing close. these workers say they got caught off grd by the parent company which announced plans to endhcute hea services. the hospital in northeast d.c. had been m establishede than 150 years ago to serve those in need. >> we have over 31,000 visits to the emergency room over the last year and a lot of specialists here and we refer a lot to our different services. >> providence health systems

said on a statement tonight ito willnue to have a presence here in the district, but it's not clear what that may look like. ♪ >> within the past hour, alexandria held a private ceremony honoring the namesake of its newest school. the school opened its doors on tuesday, but this evening only on 4 our bureau reporter david culver shows you h the school combines an appreciation of history while embracing the technology of tomorrow. >> reporter: finishing touchesa under w at al andria's fern dan day elementary. looking around inside gives you that new school feel, but step outside, and you realize this is not your typical academic setting. >> the building is unbelievable. i mean, when you go and you walk the halls, you can't tell that you're actually in a fmer offi building. it is a school where learning is taking place, kids will be it's an inviting atmosphere.

>> about transforming from a commercial todutional. the school system and city movee it classroom ready to focus on s.t.e.m. studies and a space dedicated to a perm and a times painful past. >> i know this would be just -- he would be elated. >> reporter: gwendolyn fuller's dad is the first face you see, the school carries his name, ferdinand t. day. i bo 1918 he grew up in a segregated society and pushed r a mar integrated alexandria. following brown verse the board of education day later became the first african-american inin vi elected chair of apublic sch story that alexandria'ssu newestrintendent. >> the fact that ferdinand t. day is now ay school in

hometown of alexandria, ndrginia, where i also happen to be the superintet is pretty amazing. >> reporter: a new school that honors a challenging journey from past to present while preparing a diverse pulation for brighter future. in alexandria, david culver, news 4. >> ferdinand day new school to open in alexandria since 2000, and the layout is unique as david pointed out. at 6:00, a look at how the parents plan to keep the students safe in a high rise learning situatioe >> seems l scene out of left field. >> coming cup, we'll see what's blooming at nats park as they ask for some help with the harvest. >> time to stop and pay attention. next week the kiddos are back in school in prince george's county. i'm tracy wilkins.mi co up on news 4, trafficps that you'll need to remember. >> your outlook through laborda a chance for rain and definitely

have the umbrella handy and it's all a okay.

kale and baseball, not something that goesogether. at nats park they are not growing players but growing crops. lunteers will be cultivating and planting new produce and that becomes part of what yhe buy you eat at the

ballpark. it ends up the food there, everything from stir fry and tacos to salads. >> do fresh cocktails utilizing the herbs and trying to influence any little area that we can with any of the produce that's growing. >> right now the volunteers are up on the roofto garden planting crops for fall including lettuce a l onions. >>e that idea. in health news, changing when you eat could help you lose weight. british researchers studied the effects of time-restricted feeding. it limits eating to a certain number of hours every day. now people who ate a later breakfast and earlier dinner lost more than twice as much body fat than those who did not ge their meal times. they also tended to eat less. hover, more thanalf said the schedule would just be too hard toaintain. an example of time-restricted eating, you limit your meals to an eight-hour period such as 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the

remaining 16 hours every day are the fasting periods in which no calories a consumed. we're talking about that earlier. i get off and get home at like midnight. >> and eat a quart of ice cream. >> sleep in.'s th the problem. but i do postpone my first meal until like 11:00 in the morning. >> this is fascinating. it's working, right? >> i can't button this button. not working. a new school year for students in prince george's county, and for some that means some new digs. w yeah. t does, traceeilkins gets a exclusive look behind a massive renovation here. >> i'm adam tuss. you think your work environment is tough. how about havingo help these guys out by the side of the road evy day, eveern

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we have breaking news in the case of the 16-year-old jolene musa found murdered in fairfax county, her body recoveredek tw after she went missing. breaking news this afternoon from the courtroom. julie carey reporting on line that her ex-boyfriend has been charged with her murder. 18-year-old nabiu ibrahim will appear in court he was charged and served time for an assault case against musa thht came to lfter her death, but this is new information now. julie carey reporting online that her boyfriend, her ex-boyfriend, an 18-year-old is now charged with her murder and will appea in court tomorrow. from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. ck to you in the studio. >> thanks, erika. heading out of town for the long holidayke w? take comfort in the fact that there are teams of road crews ready to help you in an emergency. this afternoon transportation

reporter adam tuss took a ride with one emergency responder who is looking to make a difference one incident at a >> reporter: imagine responding to roadside issues in this environment all the ti. >> ande're right there on the side of the road, and sometimes it gets a little bit scare and people will come right at you, because they areistracted. >> reporter: as you make your way around this last unofficial weekend of summer. >> copy disabled. >> reporter: think about these these are the guys that will be making sure the roads are safe. meet steve manias with t maryland department of transportation emergency patrol. >> i'm looking for anything odd, like somebody could need help. >> reporter: it doesn'tlo take before he finds an issue on the road. >> all right. >> reporter: and then goes to work. >> reporter: right with you to give you a hand. >> the tread came off the tire. it was a retreat, old tire, and when it came off it hit the trror and knockedhe mirror off. >> reporter: you want to talk about a stressful work environment.

look where these guys are havina to ce this tire right next to the busy side of the road, and this is something that happened every single dayle multipimes a day for these workers. >> reporter:. >> we've run across a lot of unattended vehicles s >> reporter:ve always keeps this with him, his family. a reminder why he needs to be safehile he worksnd he knows you have loved ones. a family that helped change a tire recently sent him a letr weekslater. >> they were actually going to the hospital, their father was in the hospit, and they beforey made it there because i helpedm. that'shat i like. >> you just want to get it loosened up and get it ready. >> reporter: just be thankfu that steve has your back out here at well. out on road patrol. adam tuss. news 4. >> well, tonight at 5, you may t have seenm laying around the sidewalks all over the city. ext month the district is planning to unveil new n regulations w it comes to thoseockless bikes that we seend

everywhere, a the electric scooters, too. vdot is extending the pilot program for these rentals through december according to wamu 88.5 fm which says operator will be required to provide a method for riders to lock those buys calls to racks or poles. now the city is also planning to define more rules for bikeoond r parking. it has been a little crazy. >> they are just like -- it oks like they are just thrown on the sidewalk sometimes. it's like what's that? >> that's mine. >>eah. >> paying about6% commission to realtors when you buy or sell a home is pretty standard, but there's a new way of selling that could be a game-changer to some people. it's a 28-year-oldraduate from harvard that lau ah ed program that charges a flat fee, $5,000. one woman who used it to sell a home in st. louis and buy a new one in dallas.

>> between the two houses we almost gained $19,000 than if we went with a traditional real estate agent. >> this isn't one size fits allh d on "nbc nightly news" why selling this way may not always be in your best interest. >> well, this is the lastd weekf summer freedom for kids in prince george'sreounty. kids getting ready to go back to school next week, and our bureau c tracee wilkins has some important traffic tips to keep kids safe out there. she's also taking us inside one of the county's newlvated schools. >> reporter: parents and students returning toovulip elementary in bowie have a brand new $26 million building. >> just feels like very f comfortableels like home. >> reporter: high ceilings, state of the art amenities and tons of naturalnd light more classrooms means all of the 325 students who attend this school can be inside the blding at the same time. that was not the case in the old

building. >> spesal education stude were in temporaries. we had teachers in the hallway pulling groups. there just was not enough space. >> reporter: there's still a long line of other schools that need renovation and serious repairs around the county. school spokesmen said they are aware of a the anxious parents and students. >> i think we can expect the school sis team to prioritize the county funds appropriately to mick sure we're here at the schools tt are deemed essential. >> reporter: state and county officials are reminding drivers to watch out for kids heading back to school next jweek. t last year alone over 1.5 million speed camera tickets re issued in school zones across the state of maryland. that's unconscionable. >> 40% othe tickets were here in prince george's. the other issues drivers ng ens living when they pass bus stop signs. >> and it's three points on your license. >> reporter: this year the prince george's county school system has a new app that will allow parents to track their

kids' bus for an uber. on next steps go to nbc washington and search bus help. tracee wilkins, news 4. >> your kids went back to school this week, right? >> go back esday. >> but they had open house today. >> very good. >> to meet the new teacher today, so miss rosenberg, here's an apple for you coming upn tuesday for sure. >> an apple >> have to play big this time of year to get things right. going to be a pretty nice ekend. labor day weekend for most of us looking good. you'll see a couple of chances showers and understorms, but not a washout of a weekend at all. out there right nowe've got blue skies. to the north we're looking at blue skies way out there but also a few clouds. that theuth you see city is shrouded in cloud cover right now. a lot of clouds to the south as a result of storms to the south. 91 degrees now and dropping to the 88k degrees m and 82 degrees by 11:00 tonight.

89 i rockville. the current heat indices. the current heat index 94 in the city we can deal with that. yesterday was 104, so a lot different across our region right now. storms nothing in the d.c area, all way down to the south back towards charl'stesville. tht and the way it will remain. tomorrow at the bus stop, 76 degrs and a chance of showers. 84 degrees at recess. can't rule out showers there either. really, a chance of showers all tomorrow. not calling for a workout. a lot more clouds and temperatures in themid-80s. say good-bye to the 90s for now, amelia, but they come back and our chance of showers remain most of the weekend >> exactly. >> being looing at plenty of dry time so if you're trying to get out in your garden tomorrow yoll beble to fit that in, but likely there will be rain out there during the morning urs and scattered showers and thunderstorms for the afternoon and evening hours. now the experts at mary field garden center insect your lawn

for damage. grubs can be treated rig now. now if you're getting out of town and heading to our local beaches this weekend. best chance of showers and thunderstorms there on saturday with just a chance of a shower or thunderstorm on sunday. labor day at the beaches looking mainly dry and hig in the low 80s. really not a bad beach weekend at all with the water temperature currently a 78. heading back west to the mountains and this is for deep creekn saturday. a high likelihood that you're dealing with showers and thunderstorms wh a temperature of 78 for the high. low 880s on sunday and monday and scattered showers and thunderstorms and a chance for a late day shower out there on labor day, and what i love if you're going to the mountains this weekend is the overnight lows in the 60 feeling really refreshing there with hints of fall in the air. so it is still going to be humid ck here at homor the holiday weekend, but it is not a washout. nty ofgoing to have p dry time so don't cancel those plans, but, yeah, there arebe going tome storms, doug, and we think the best chance

aside from tomorrow will be on saturd then those chances diminish sunday on into labor day, but theoe heat build back in. even next week we're tracking another heat wave. a not just a little heat wave, too, talking extended period of 90s. get back to 87 degrees and a 660% chance of showers and storms and a 60% chance on saturday. a storm can't be ruled out for your labor day and look at g th. wefrom sunday all the way through the first week of septemr in the 90s. yeah, a chance of a shower or storm just about each day there an that's typical summertime weather. 90 seven days in a row. mid-90s and we'll tal mh mkor ea

okay ♪ thees celebration continu for aretha franklin. in just a few moments a tribute concert w held at the church in detroit where franklin began her singing ceer and then tomorrow she will be laid to rest. mara mcdonal reports on how the city is getting ready for a funeral that befitsue a. >> a one, two, three. ♪ >> reporter: the behind-the-scenes to make friday's service memorable and meaningful means an army of people are at greater grace, working out every detail.

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nothing crosses denominational lines, genders, anything like music. >> the funeral is invitation only, but our detroit affiliate reports that the first 1,000 fans will be able toen a the service tomorrow if they are dressedpr apptely. "news 4 at 6:00," it starts right now. >> now at 6:00, exclusive new evidence inhe mansion murders case less than a week before trial is set to get under way. court documents detail what was noct col at the scene. >> former vice president joe biden pays tribute today to his friend john mccain offering comfcct to then family. >> because you shared john with all of us your wholeli , the world now shares with you the ache of john's siath. >> and pnt trump choosing a new target in hisn attacks

the media.c' own lester holt. >>o and first that breaking news, an arrest in the murder of a virginia teenager. news 4's julie carey broke this story on twitter just in the last half hour. >> joel evleen musa went in january and her bodies were found a couple of weeks later. julie careytaas s on who police charged. julie? >> reporter: well, this 18-year-old murruspect will be appearing tomorrow afternoon in fairfax county jenile court because the victim, joleen musa, was just 16 whenhe was killed. the case will start in juvenile court before it is later moved over and he's tried a ne a isn ll be charged with his former girlfriend's murder. you probably remember this fi high-pro case. musa was reported h missing by