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touching tribute, as the maverick was laid to rest in annapolis. good morning, everybody. i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. the calendar says that summer it over butt is not true. >> it feels like it when the kids go back to school. the hot, muggy weather, isn't near over, is it, gina? >> it's not. this is the unofficial end t summer. as the kids go back to school, it will feel likeayhe dog of summer for most of this week. this morning, as you walk outside, it is mild and muggy out there. it's 80 degrees in annapolis. 70 degrees, washington 73 in frederick. we're really going to heat up today. you're heading out for your labor day, doing something outside. n mind, it's going to be a hot one. very humid. 94 this afternoon.
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feeling closer to 103. we have an isolated storm chance. most of the area will be dry. you better stay in the shade and have the spf 30 on. we'll look at what it's like tomorrow, as the kids are heading back to school. that's straighea following breaking news in falls church. one person has been struck by a vehicle in the westbound lanes of arlington boulevard at graham road. >> molette green just got to the what are you seeing there? >> reporter: this is an active investigation. ke a look behind me. you see police collecting evidence here onsche e. putting them into that paper bag there, that's in true. the striking vehicles still on the scene. i have learnedhat a woman was struck in the road here at graham road and arlington boulevard in the 3:00 a.m. hour. and the impact of that hit
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knocked her clear to the other side of the road. e is at the hospital right now in very serious condition. this investigation, fairfax county police taking their time with the evidence collecting here. they have a witness that saw this incident. they are speaking with the witness and the driver of the car is also talking to police about what happened this morning. very serious accident here in this stretch of road. that's the latest, live from the ntene here. back you. >> thanks for that hustle, molette. toda an urgent search continuing for a man froman gewn on maryland's eastern shore. george barnes went on a boat on saturday from the northern yacht basin. he was on the boed and they junto the sassafras river for a swim. barnes has been missing ever since.
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he is married to a montgomery county police officer. we learned the name of the away in was swept floodwater in hartford county. the search continues for melissa lehue. she stopped to help some peoplee who n a bridge because of high standing water. she was swept out over the bridge. one of the people she was trying to help died in the flooding. reue has gotten to people weekend. two ltimore police divers ha to be taken to shock trauma having difficulty diving in the quarry where she disappeared. police are looking for four people after two river boats ll coed and sank.op ten pe were sent to the hospital after the boats crashed saturday night on the colorado river in moabi regional park. several people were pulled from the water by other passing boats. the crash is still under investigation. but l it was dark and theack of visility could have been a
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factor. none of the boaters were wearing life vests when the crash occurred. today, cardinal wuerl will meet with d.c. priests to discuss the growing sex abusel scan involving him and the catholic church. >> this comes after someone shouted and walked out on cardinal wuerl during mass. justin finch h more on that interruption and today's meeting. >> reporter: we know in a letter ahead of this meeting the priests that cardinal wuerl asked forrayers and support. he apologized for lapse inme ju that may have caused them shame. we'll center on thisrowingex abuse scandal, as well as the rebuke we saw here, very public and very vocal rebuke from the pews at annunciation on sunday. >> shame on you.
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>> reporter: that disruption came as cardinal wuerl asked for parishioners to pray for pope francis leading the church through anoth scandal. the outburst came from brian garfield who walked out, as well. he said afterwards, he felt as if he was being lectured to he felt there should be more outrage at what the cardinal had to say. wuerl is now under fire for handling ofla sex abuses against priests. you may roall that report from pennsylvania found that 300 priests were linked to the abuse of thousands of mechildren. are saying the church should bein amore swiftly with these claims. >>ee i like people who have been the evidence of the pennsylvania report, allowed preschoolsre chi to continue
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in the their ministry and should no lger be in the coach hierarchy. >> reporter: they said, there are parishioners in the church who applauded and showed support for the cardinal and for the pope. live in northwest i'm justin firm, news 4. a lot of mixed feelings out there right now. after a week o emotional farewell, senator john mccain rests at the naval academy cemete pcemetery. naots flew in salute. on saturday, mccain was remembered by former presidents and family at the national cathedral in d.c. lindsey graham is defending ghan mccain's fiery eulogy of her father, which was seen as pointed rebuke about president trump. if you say something bad
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about her dad, you will know it, if you're the janitor or the president of the united states. even though president trump didn't att daughter and son-in-law did. senator lindsey graham says he extended the invitation with the blessing of cindy mccain. >> if you missed any of the coverage, go to our website and search mccain. the widow of john mac mcnamara placed his ashes in a planter on saturday. he covered the news andports at "the capital gazette" in annapolis. he was one of five of those injured in late june. the widow said the baseball park was a cred place for john. officers found a woman lying
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on a floor inside an apartment inxon hill early sunday morning. she died on the scene. at ts point, information is very limited. police have note m arrests and we have no word of a motive. now, to a developing story in rio de janeiro. thousands of artifacts were burned as flames consumed this 200-year-old building. the museum houses artifacts from egypt and roman art and some of the first fossils found in brazil. no word on what started the fire. a woman on camera in a road rage incident in northeast d.c. will appear in court torrow. she appearedefore a judge over the weekend and is being held
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without bond. look at this jaw-dropping footage. d.c. police say on thursday, e lver collided with a greyhound bus. ok a tire iron and shattered the bus' windows. and then, got in her car and tried to run over the bus driver. lord knows what made her so furious. thousands o people are ready to send their kids off to school tomorrow. >> there's an app for that. parents in prince george's county can use an app for the arrival and departure of school busses. the school system is encouraging parents to download it.ug throthis app, they will be able to find where the school hes is, if it's on time or if the child missed t bus. c itan also enable them to track one or more buses and they're arrival mes at school. i love this. your kid doesn't have to stand out in the snow or the rain. i remember back in my day. a battle over a bible study is splitting a community in
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northern virginia. here's what happened. according to "the freelance-star" in fredericksburg, an apament complex is threatening to evict kenneth hauge ife continues to run bible study. the pastor preured tenants to join and made them feel uncomfortable. a nonprofession gr protects religious freedom is defending the 86-year-old pastor and accusing the complex of discrimination. months after sarah sanders was asked to leavean a resta in lexington, virginia, that establishment is still feeling the consequences. the tourism offic is still getting calls about it. the roanoke times is reporting that the tourism boards using its emergency fund to boost its marketing campan and more coverage. a man is in jail of causing
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a security breacht the white house. the secret service says the man jumped over a bike rack near the white house around 8:00 a.m. last night. f was quickly arrested. new researc you. it shows some troubling details about possible attacks on u.s. embassies. and it centers around a device that you have sitting in your kitchen. plus, an uber driver got left behind in this high-speed chase. see how it all came to an end nextn news 4 today. well, it is labor day.oi if you're to be outside exercising, i would suggest do it early. we're going to be heating up as we go through the afternoon. inside, better to do it when temperatures are in the 90s outside. we'll look at the forecast for i toda you're grilling and toda you're grilling and also what the kids can expect
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you're watching "news 4 today." >> the grieving father of iowa college student mollie tibbeoll he pleaded to not use her death for reasons that are racist. her death was used for anti-immigration suppoers. mollie was 20 years old. her body was found in a cornfield two weeks ago, about a month after she disappeared asile jogging. christian rivera h been charged with her murder. donald trump jr. wrote an op-ed piece on friday,mi b
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democrats for maollie tibbetts murder. shanann watts and her two young childn were killed in colorado. the three were buried in worth carolire shanann was from. christopher watts is being blamed for the murders. he has not entered a plea. researchers are shedding light on symptoms that were feln by dof diplomats in china. also at the embassy in havana, cuba. microwave itemsould have caused brain damage. there's reports that weapons were used that caused some brain damage. nfat damage from unconventional weapons caused p sounds that the diplomats heard. a scary weekend for a ride share driver who was just doingo hiduring the labor day weekend. it's from oceanside, california. the driver was allegedly
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assaulted by a passenger.ss the paenger then stole the car and led police on a high-speed chase down the freeway. at one point, the pursuit stopped at 100 miles per hour. it ended in the beaumont area after the suspect surrendered to police. take a look at this. that's a baby deer on the left of your screen, stuceen the slats of a fence. it is now free thanks to this officer in eugene, oregon. she covered the fawn's head with a towel and en, put it on the ground and then it ran off. from the classroom to nats park, one group high schoolers is hitting a lot of home runs this year. it's called the its academic montgomery blair high school. they were honored for success oc "it's acadshow. they won the championship two years in a row.
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and they say the secret to their success is studying, not just the cts but the format of th game. lot of work to get here this is our second title in a row. there's so much practice and work and commitment that goes into that. and it's gat to have it pay out, with the surprise and the nationals experience here. in the team says they're h for a three-peat next season. you can watch "it's academic" here on saturday morning. >> something to be proud of. dozens of people gathered on the national mall for a day of p unity, peacerayer. ♪ >> and leaders from various religions came fro around t country to be here in d.c. they wanted to promote undeertanding and coopion. they are hoping to have more in the future. a lot of folks have the day off of work today, thopefully
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do some barbecues and to the beach. how is it looking? >> i looks goo for all that stuff. it will be hot. a lot of people might want that for this labor day so they can jump in the pool, refresake it feel like summer on the last day of the unofficial summer, i should say. the unoffici end to summer, as a lot of kids go back to school tomorrow. today, it wl be h and humid. it will feel like anywhere from grees. 103 it can start feeling close to 100 as early as lunchtimeomoday in spots. as we go through the afternoon, isolated thunderstorm chance. certainly not for everybody. keep an eye to the sky. as we go through thisweek, we're going to stay in the 90s. it will be humid and feel like summer. as you get your wardrobe ready for this week, for headi back toschool, i would keep it on the cool eer side. it will be hot there. and we have rain in the weekend. it's 78 degrees right now i washington.
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n2, manassas. 80s i annapolis. and it's muggy out there. but we're nice and dry as we kick off the labor day bimonday. area of high pressure down to our thsouth. is pulling in. the heat and humidity is going to stay put through thursday. ay're going to stay in the 90s through thur your grilling forecast today. dry for most of the by 2:00 p.m., 92 again. 100.ing around we could be feeling 103 later on. 94 for a high this is ten degrees above normal for thisr. time of y and can't rule out a pop-up thunderstorm. most of the area dry today. we go to lunchtime, we're dry. theafternoon, if you blinked, u might haveissed it. it's a 20% to 30% coverage today. it's going to be muggy on the bu stop, lunchtime. we're heating up to 90 degrees. any recesss going to be hot and humid through the afternoon.
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it will bend 94 feeling close to 103 again. wednesday, much of the same. thursday, 92 with a late shower chance into friday. and theweekend, the rain chances go up and the temperatures will be in the low 80s. the morning commute is going to be aot busier this time tomorrow. all of t kids are back in school. all of the grown-ups back athe office melissa
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lunchbox and backpack ready. all of the kids in our area will be back in school tomorrow. it will bring a ton of changes to your routine and traffic. >> melissa has more on what to remember as kids head back to class. >> it's been called september shock. but it's about planning and mentally preparing and taking a deep breath as we kick into gear. ♪ it's a shock to the system. the d.c. area, more than 1.4 million students are heading back to class. more people means more cars and more buses. >> that school-related traffic is so different because it changes traffic patterns across the nation. >> reporter: it's an equation that creates slowdowns in the morninand evening rush.
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remember to put down your phpee, watch your in school zones and always look twice as crosswalks. >> if you take your eyes off of the road for two seconds, look at a text or look at your phone, you double the chance of being involved in a crash. >> reporter: you never want to pass a school bus. the only time you don't have to stop for a bus, if you're traveling in the opposite direction and the road is divided by a median. >> even then, children may still cross a divided highway. >> reporter: imontgomery county alone, in the past 3 years, 55,000 people have been ticketed for ignoring a school bus stop sign. our routes will become slow again. ae beltway will be sy. and maryland 370, g.w. parkway will be hit hard. t virginia, 95 and 295 in
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city, just take another breath. if you're one the lucky ones d you can telecommute, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, are peak traffic days. you might want to pick one of those to sit it out. >> oh, boy. >> can't avoid it, you know? >> no. you werealking about how you get used to commuting. it takes me 20 minutes to get to work allsummer. oul of a sudden, day after labor day. >>ave to plan more time and leave a little earlier to beat the traffic. >> gd luck tomorrow. still ahead, did you watch the aretha fernklin f last friday? you may have seen this pastor's sermon. he is catching heat for what he said. thisorning, he is standing firm. confirmation hearings for president trump's supreme court picko are setgin this week. why democrats are saying it's going too quickly and republicans are standing in the way. it's a warm, humid start to your labor day monday. temperatures will be heating up once the sun gets up in the skyb and will around the 90s this
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vehicle in the westbound lanes of arlington boulevard and graham road. all lanes are blocked as crash investigators are on the scene. >> molette green arrived on the scene a short time ago. this is a live look at the we're told the woman has fairly serious injuries. more details in a few minutes. >> hope your labor day is off to a good start. i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. we're talking about serious heat this morning. if you step outside, watch that hair. it rises. >> you should he seen mine earlier. don't say anything, chris. don't say anything. >> when is that going to go away? >> the heat and e humidity. >> i like that chris didn't say anything. >> i'm married, sheena.n i know w to shut up. >> when you walk outside, the
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humidity is going to make a difference there. 78 in washington. 80 in annapolis and humid. iteels very muggy at this point. 58 leesburg. 70 degrees in quantico. as we go through the day, it will heat up quickly once the son rise sun we're going to the 70s and then mid-80s and close to 90 by lunchtime. as we go into the afternoon hours, we will be in the 90s. and humidity will make it feel like 100-103 degrees. the area will be nice and dry as the kids are heading to the pool or the beach. we'll show you that forecast coming up. and also,hat the first day of school will look like for a lot of people going back tho . back to the breaking news in falls church. investigators are on the scene after a woman is hit t in westbound lanes of arlington boulevard and graham ad. >> molette green is on the scene. what's the latest?
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>> this intersection should wopen in a matter of minutes. police havepped up most of this investigation. they've picked up the debris out of the road. the striking vehicle towed away about 15 minutes ago. a woman was hit and struck at this intersection in the 3:00 and the impact of that her clear over to the other side of the roadway. the striking vehicle, a toyota scene. on the police were talking to the driver who was stak haken u this. the woman at the hospital, in very serious condition,aing to get an update on her status at the scene. as you can e,his busy intersection is going to reopen. not a lot of traffic here, obviously, because it is a holiday. but they're opening the roadway to traffic in just minutes here. that's the latest. back into you. >> all right, molette.
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thank you very much. new this morning, police in howard cesnty are igating an officer-involved shooting. it happened last night in jessup. officers were called to a report of a man in the lobby in needf medical assistance. arrived, theicers man pulled out a gun. he confronted officers with the weapon and was wot. taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. no one else was hurt. cardinal donald wuerl will meet with priests today in d.c. >> h is accused of covering up child sex abuse in pittsburgh for years. during sunday's mass, one rishioner couldn't keep his disappointment bottled up and cardinal. at the >> we go to justin finch with more on that interruption and
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today's meeting. >> reporter: good morning. let's get you to the outbur here. it was sudden and stirring and loud enough for the cardinal to acknowledge. cardinal wuerl was here to install a new pastor when the mass took a turn. >> considerable animosity. >> sme on you. >> repter: we know that's parishioner brian garfield after the cardinal asked parishioners to pray for thepope, as he takes on the leadership of a troubled church. he raised his voice and walked out because he didn't appreciate being lectured out and felt the cardinal's message was lacking outrage. the cardinal himself is in the spotlight, aused of not doing enough to priests tied to sex abuse. and then, the report out of pennsylvania, where children were abused by some 300
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priests. parishioners said the church needs to do an assessment of its leadership. >> i don't think they did this out of malice, at all. but i think they abused their position.nk i t they abused the responsibility that was given to them.or >> rr: the diocese did acknowledge that outburst here on sunday, saying it was met with support and applause. the message from the cardinal here and the meeting set for today, as well, should involve some talk about that outburst, as well, as the scandal. however, the cardinal himself asking for prayers and support for the pope, as well as those young victims who were abused, as well. and saying, too, now i the time to come together because the church is facing a challenge like it has not seen iy years. live here in northwest, justin s finch, new 4. >> a lot of catholics are
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demanding the church do more. thanks, justin. here's yr morning's top stories. the search is on for a killer in prince george's police need your help. officers found a woman on the i flooide an apartment, in on hill on sunday morning. she died on the scene. the information is limited so far. no arrests and no word on a motive. four people are missing after two river boats collided and sank in california. ten people were sent to the he hospital after boats crashed saturday night. police say it was dark and lack of visibility could have been a factor. the father o an iowa college student who was allegedly murdered by an undocumented immigrant wants politicians to stop using his th daughter's dn their agendas. in an op-ed, ron tibbetts eaded not to exploit her death and use them for views that
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mollie would feel was racstra christian rivera has been charged with her murder. the ashes of one of t victims killed in "the capital in tte" shooting are now nationals park. the widow put hisshes in a planter at the park on saturday. he covered newsrtnd s in annapolis. his widow toldal "themore sun," the baseball park was a sacredce p for john. in a flittle over 24 hours, children will be getting ready for school. b schoses will be in alexandria, falls church, and stafford counties. >> the kids are also heading back tommarow in parts of ryland. calvert, charles, frederick, montgomery, princegege's and
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washington county. prince georgero county is ing out a new app called here comeshe bus. parents can find out where the schois bus if it's on time and if their child missed thes. standing firm, the pastor under fire for what he said during aretha franklin's funeral. plus,d silen on stage. b bono had to cancel adoncert ei show
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on saturday night, u2 had to stop tir concert in berlin after bono struggled through a g few the band says they're rescheduling the show for mb no, adding their received, it wasn't serious with his voice. nothing serious there. the pastor who caused an uproar, saying black america has lost itsoul during his eulogy at aretha franklin's funeral is not backing down. >> he also said that black women were incapable of raising sons alon take a listen. >> as proud, beautiful and fine as our black women are, one wo thing a blacn cannot do -- a black woman cannot raise a black boy to be a man.
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>> well, a lot of people took that as a criticism of franklin herself. she was a single mother of four boys. and a lot of people have called his words inappropriate during the celebration of the queen of soul. here's a part of how the bishop is defending his comments.ee >> ioo many women who have raised excellent men jesse jackson, one of my dearest friends, was raised by a single mom. but the women need help in their homes. and our race needs to become sensitive to that. >> this is the same pastor who i eud her father. and franklin had specifically asked him to speak at her funeral. a new york family is devastated after an airline losesome very precious cargo their dog. roland is searching for his parents' emotional support dog. logan the labradoodle was supposed to fly with his oer onboard from new york to
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paraguay last week. accordinto the airline employee, the dog was never loaded on to the flight due to a ramp issue. roland was told a worker took the dog home and it's now missing. the airline says it's actively sear they're offering a reward for information on logan the labradoodle. >> i'm not flyin with mydog. they cannot guarantee the dog is on your flight. there you go. somebody t it home and who knows where it is now. >> especially now, with the humidity. that has tot aff the dog during flight. >> i would show up at the person's house. yes, the humidity would affect the dog. so would the heat. iteill feel l 100 degrees this afternoon. this morning, if you're stepping outside, very muggy. look at annapolis and quantico. it will be a hot labor day. i'll break down the timing of how hot it's going to get and
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you're watching "news 4 today." >> this couldo affect s many of you. thousands of federal employees here in our area no doubt spent a partek of their d going over the budgets. they will not beetting an nual raise. he may be rethinking that decision. >> tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill with more. a lot of people in our area watching this closely. how soon can we expswt the final ? >> reporter: we don't know. we know that the president said he will take a good, hard look at this. he will study it again over the pekend, after announcing raise in january for federal workers. plus, a 25%ocality raise that
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he says would cost america billions of dollars. but what's costing america, according to the congressional budget office, are the trump t cuts and the spending bill. together, they will swell thede cit to over $1 trillion in the next year. that's why som lawmakers say we can't afford the raises if we can. and the president i tsupposed to ing a second look after getting pushback, even with some republicans, especially those that represent northern virginia here, where there are a lot of federalworkers. >> a lot of federal workers will be watching this closely. tracie potts, live on capitol hill. thank you so much. hearings for brett are set to begin this week. kavanaugh has met with a number of lawmakers on capitol hill in the last few weeks. republicans are hopingo confirm him before the start of the high court's next session and midterm eltions. democrats have criticized the
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gop for not allowing enoughime or documents to properly vet kavanaugh. >> it's not normal because we are not00 able to see 100 documents that the archivist -- because the adnistration said we can't see them. their execive power. 148,000 documents that i've seen, that you cannot see. >> the confirmations will begin tomorrow. a man and a woman are dead when an suv hit their motorcycle. the suv was traveling the wronge way on r 50 early sunday morning when it crashed into the motorcycle. that driver has beearrested. maryland state police have identified the victims as donald tyner and janelle mcdougle. both ofm live in baltimore. good news as far as commutes are concerned.
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the 45-day project on metro's e to an has finally c end. for more than a month, the red line was shut down for repairs and maintenance. metro is running on a holiday schedule today, so the system won't officially open until 8:00 a.m. amazon is known for quickly delivering packages r door. >> but some employees a accusing the tech giant of emphasizing speed over workers' safety. jo ling kent reports. >> reporter: inside in fulfillment center outside dallas, the focus is on speed, efficiency and customer satisfaction. but employees say amazon's work demandare ruining her life. >> it's been the ultimate nightmare. >> reporter: he says she esses an average of 600 items an hour. at a broken workstation that injured her back. >> it felt like somebody stabbed me in the back and drug a knife all the way down. >> reporter: allen showed us
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documents and claimed amazon tried to minimize her injury by not sending her to a doctor fori weeks and not her in a dispute over her workers' compensation claim. now, she is homeless, sleeping in her car, often in the amazon parking lot. so, you're sleeping right in here. allen is not alone. this year, amazon, which has 175 fulfillment centers around the world, and 500,000 employees was ranked one of the 12-worst companies to work for, by the occupational safety analth, a nonprofit that advocates for worker health and safety. mpe largest retailer on record, it's difficult to e to other brands. dave clark overss fulfillment operations worldwide. in we have hundreds of thousands of employees, womillions of hours across the network. overwhelmingly those are safe hours and great work for customers and go home safe. >> it was just a couple years ago, the occupational safety and
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health administration issued a rning letter to amazon. it was critical of the company's in-house service for medal care and fulfillment centers. amazon said it disagrees with those conclusions. this week begins the trialr of d went. he is accused of killing four people inside their d.c. mansion in 2015. now, we have new information that raises questions about the way evidence was collec d. tomorrnight, we're looking into that information and examining the evidence against went all with an expert panel. "mansion murder: inside the investigation" airs tomorrow at 6:30. >> you did a lot of work. >> it's something we were watching closely in the days uading to the trial. it looks at the way investigators picked up eddence ent through it. and there's questions about how they did it.
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it could be crucial to this trial. >> yeah. >> i have a feeling tt a lot of people will be keeping one eye on the grill and smming pool and others getting ready for tomorrow. >> if you are laying out the clothes today. >> are you manng the grill today? >> i will not. i did over the weekend. >> it'sot if you're manning the grill. it has to feel from 0 103 degrees. if you will be manning the grill, you wl be sweating. 90s in the forecast through thursday. the heat is not going to break through friday but definitely this weekend. temperatures are warm and humid t there. 80 degrees in annapolis, 78 washington, 68, leesburg. bull le dulles, 72. giving up the heat and humidity.
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and thi is the weather pattern that we see when we're talking about the dog days o mmer. all of the humidity from the gulf of mexico. we have a tropical system heading towards the gulf of mexico soon here. this could be a tropical depression and a tropical storm as it moves through the thlf. will stay around the gulf coast states. we're talking about mid-90s this afternoon. mostly sunny skies and an isolated storm chance later on. here's the future weather. we stay dry most of today. ou worry about the rain, it will be few and far between. maybe a couple pop-up showers. tomorrow, as the kids go back to school, we're looking at heat and humidity again. by recess, 90 degrees. still, a nice storm chance later on. temperatures in the mid-90s through wednesday. and rain over the weekend with low 80s. >> nksheena, tyou.
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the terps kicked off the football season over the weekend. but th did so under emotional circumstances. before the team game, the team paid tribute to jordan mcnair. he's the offensive lineman who died over the summer. the season has been dedicated to him. his number was 79 and no one will wear it until at least 2020 because that'she year he would ve graduated. intense fireills the night sky as historical artifacts around the world are destroyed in a massive museumfire. and a judge will fin out if a fewn days jail was enough to cool off this woman from a wild attack. rdother could keep her behindti bars. i'll ce. >>
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the maveric annapolis.to rest in good morning. hope your labor day is off to a great start. i'm chris lawrence. >> i thanks for joining us on this labor day monday. >> your kids are going back to school.t will feel like summer. it still does. >> these are the last group of kidsaiting toet back to class. they will have a hot end to their vacations today. >> the hotness, the muggineswhm ever you want to call it. >> we'll call it the dog days of summer. will stick around. for the last day of the unofndcial end to summer as we kick off the school year for a lot of kids, it will feel liku er most of this
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