news4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> hi, everybody. we begin tonightith two big weather stories. a tropical storm making landfall in the gulf. these pictures just in from gulf alabama. they're taking the worst of it right now. >> here at home, it will be so

hot again tomorrow. prince george's county school system is already planning on an early dismissal. we'll have a live from jay gray in the gulf in a moment. first, here's doug with our local focast. doug? >> yeah, guys. you mentioned that heat. a high today of 95 across the region. we saw indexeten 100 and 105. that's what prompted the heat advisory for today. i fully expect these numbersmo ow. 95 hagerstown, 95 philadelphia. heat index between 100 and 105 ue to an area of high pressure dominating. an area of storms formed in d.c. that gave us cooling weather. dropped temperatures by about 10 grees. not expecting rain tomorrow. big ridge of high pressure sending all of our storms to the north and to the south. leaving us high and dry and warm and humid again tomorrow.

storms to the south, tropical i storm gordon making landfall. we've seen winds gusting upwards of 80 miles an hour. this is the alabama, mississippi border. here's biloxi. this storm making its way onnt shore parts of mississippi and alabam jay gray is in gulfport right now. this storm just to your east rinow. really starting to wreak havoc on thosears. >> reporter: it really is. closing in on this area, as well. we felt the wind pick up a bit and see the surf grow, as well. right on the edge of the next nd of rain comingthrough. those conditions can expected to continue through the early morning here. driving rain sent a growing surf as gordon batters the gulf coast. >> obviously r looking atn and storm surges and localized h flooding ae ricking. > that risk stretches from the

florida panhandle through new orleans. as the system moves inland, so will the rain. >> four to possibly eight inches maybe up to a foot along t coast and inland. >> reporter: winds are picking up parts of the beach in alabam sandblasting the shoreline gusts could cause major problems across the strike zone. >> wn you're talking tropical storm winds come agshore, you're looking at saturated ground, trees coming down. long-term power outages be out for some time. >> response teams ared sta across the region. the national guard has been called in ready to move when conditions ease. >> this storm hopefully will be gone by very early in the morninrs h and then we'll begin recovery efforts. >> reporter: as what f many along the gulf coast continues to begh a r night. >> look, we already know 10,000 pele without pow in alabama. more than 100 here in mississippi. the storm is justinow m its

way in. that's going to be a problem for several days. >> going to be a long night. stay safe. jay, thank you. back here at home, lights are out at several intersections in seven hendricks near falls church. dominion virginia power is working to fix the traffic lights. mpwer crews don't believe it willt your morning commute. no word what caused the out and. >> now toou story saw first on news4. thousands of d.c. public schoo parents finding out their children's personal information was exposed online for months. no social security numbers bute of personal details. it's raising questions about privacy and how to keep this from happening again. shomari stone went to get answers about that. shomari? >> reporter: good evening. d.c.ps say they're determined to make sure itn doesn't hap again. >> it certaly is something at we take very seriously.

>> dc public schools public chancellor explains how 2,000 ts stud personal information ended up posted online for anyone to see for six months. >> how could this happen? >> yes, well, i think as you are aware, we learned that this happened as part of an inadvertent submission. >> dcps sent this letter home to parents of affected students after a s trceped me off about the letter, i called dcps. they confirmed itta misnly included student information in a spread sheet it gave to the dc council in february thated incl students' names, dates of birth, student i.d. numbers, school, grade level, attendance information. housing status, and whether they're eligible for special education. >> why didn't anyone notice the' studennformation posted sooner? i mean, february 5th to august 9th is a long time. six months. >> i think it is. that's a veryqu good tion.

and as i said, we are making sure that this does not happen again. so part of the next steps are to make sure that there is a thorough review of information. >> dcps remove theor imation august 9th when an employee saw it on is the councis website. the letter to parents wasn't sent till august 31st. because of theolay weekend, some didn't receive it till today. >> we needed to make sure we had correct student addresses. >> we reached out to council mbers on the district's education committee but they were unavailable to comment. meanwhile, dcps says they believe no one els gained access to the information. in that letter they sent home to parents, there was a phone number provided for parents to call if they have any concerns about what happened.e live h in northwest d.c., back to you, jim. >> shomari, thank you. he today was first day back for many students in virginia and maryland. there is n leadership in

prince george's county. enter ceoonica ldson toured schools for the first day today. shein replaced k maxwell whose term was plagued with scandals over salaries and allegations of grade fixing. grading practices are now being supervised by the state auditors. auditors are here just to make sure we took thoseon recommenda seriously which we have. tm excited about wa that response will be fheir visit here and if there are things we need to work on, we will dothat. >> she says she's paying particular attention to teacher salaries and has already dismissed a number of her administrative staff. saving thechool district about a million dollars. >> new video of an arrest tonight after an hour's long standoff andarricade situation. this happened on 22nd street northeast in d.c.'s brooklyn neighborhood. jackie bensen was there for the arrest. she talked neighbors to find out how this all got started.

>> reporter: made threats against police. that's what a spokesperson for the dc policeepartment says prompted the presence of the agency's emergency response team. a call reporting a man in a distressed state resuld in the closure of numerous streets near the 3300 block of 22nd street northeast to ensure safety of the public. no one was allowed to enter the area. >> we worked a little bit late to compensate and i'll let my folks in late tomorrow to make up for it. >> reporter: dozens of officers in gear took positiootice streets and alleys near the home. a police negotiatorua evey managed to convince the manton surrender without resistance. he appeared unharmed as he was handcuffed and placed into a waiting police a police department spokesperson says she was given no information that any type of weapon was recovered. in northeast washington, jackie benson, news4.

leon harris here in the newsroom. tonight president trump is blasting a new book set to be released next week. mr. trump iski att thor and veteran jrnalist bob woodward. his new book is called "fear,e trump in white house," and due to come out next tuesday. excerpts were released today. they've got a lot of people talking. tonight the president described the book of quotes and stories as "fraud a con on the public," and he tweeted earlier that woodward is a democratic operative. now -- >> officials who say they heard john kellyaff calling trump an idiot. and that "we are in crazy wn." he quotes others who say that they heard defense secretary james mattis say the president had the comprehension of a fifth grader.h woodward says he reached out numerous times to interview trump for the book to g his sif the stories but never heard back from him or the white house. woodward recorded a phone call he had with the president last month where they talked about just that and lengthy conversations had he with

kellyanne conway to try to set up an interview. "theashington post" posted audio today. take a lis. >> and i do, i do. andly kne went to somebody but didn't come to me. and she should have comeo me. she does have access to me. she has direct access but she didn't come to me. you know what, that's okay. i'll end up with another bad book. l you?i t >> the white house said today the stories in the book were fabricated. tonight the president told the dail caller that pulitzer winner woodward has "a lot of credibility problems." back to yo >> thank you. new at 11:00 tonight, a rally to protesthe supreme court nomination of judge bret kavanaugh. it was a controversial day, a lot of chaos in the start. confirmation hearings began with plenty of drama. group who's opposed h thenation held signs with lsht stop cav nauk.

>> protesterspt interg those hearings today. capitol police confirm they arrested 70 people for unlawful. demonstratio >> judge kavanaugh would fill the soureme vacancy left by the retirement of justice anthony kennedy.es oning begins tomorrow. late this afternoon, cav naug got h to deliver own opening statementednd vow to decide cases based on the law, not his personal beliefs. >> t confirmedthe supreme court, i would be part of a team of nine. committed to deciding cases according to the constitution and laws of the united >> seconds into today's hearing, democrats interrupted demanding delays over a last-minute document dump related to judge cav naug's time with the george bush administration. republicans want to vote on his confirmation by october if you

for the supreme court's new term. >> jury selection begins tomorrow in e of d.c.'s most high profile murder cases. the trial is expected to last for months. savvas sa vvop poe loss and hise and children was killed. learn wint is the lone suspect. dna evidence will be crucial to the case. you can watchan ouron murders inside the investigation special. it's in our nbc washington app now. >> next at 11:00, a deadly dog attack. a woman mauled to death by an animal she just adopted weeks ago. what her family says about the tragic discovery. >> plus, the kaepernicky controveow swirling around a local mayor. the facebook quote she now claims was just a social experiment. >> doug's back to tell us when >> doug's back to tell us when fie heat will

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tonight we're hearing from the family of a woman mauled to death by her own dog. >> pole say it happened just weeks after she adopted the animal. her husband found her after the attack last night at their home incolumbia,maryland. barry syms from our nbc station up in baltimore spoke to the woman's sister. >> she was wonderful. >> that's how family members want robin conway remembered. poce sayhe 64-year-old long-time columbia resident was mauled to death by a pitbull in the backyard of had her he on

tamar drive. her family says when her husband discovered hiseriously injured wife, an the dog was still tanding over her. he called 911 and tied the dog to a fence post. she was pronounced dead at the scene. >> this was one animal she thought she could save that wi t animt needed to be rescued and the animal unfortunately ki>>ed her. according to police, while tied to the post, the dog continued barking and lunging. two weeks ago, conway brought it home andro beganding foster care. >> all we know at this point is that the dog was notdoed locally. apparently she got him from out of state. he's a pitbull. and unfortunately, as a result of this incident, he had to be euthanized. and you know what? they were grea they were great. and i know, i have friends that have been owners of pitbull mitchs and they were great.

soom there washing wrong obviously with this particular dog that is not to be taken asg sometho be held against all pitbulls or pitbull mixes because there's some lovely ones out >> again, howard county police tell us they don't know where dog.y adopted the only that it came from out of state. tonight a local mayor is caught up in the coneroversy colin kaepernick's endorsement deal wite n you. janine james called for a boycott of nike on her personal facebook page and since taken it down and told told shomari stone it was all a siaial medl experiment for a class she teaches at the college of southern maryland. the actual nike adhows kaepernick with the words "believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything." president trump weighed in telling the dailye caller thinks nike's ad sends a terrible message but saysni 's ability to make its own business

decisions "is what this country all about." kaepernick's famously protested police brutality by kneeling for the national anthem. he's been unable to get a job in the nfl the past two seasons and his protests have become the favorite tart of th president. doug is back with more about our weather. closing schools early and it's really hot out there. >> it's really serious. this is middle of july, the kids en't in hool. this is september. we're not used to there heat this late in the oason. closeecord highs as we make our way through the next couple of days and right back to where we were today. the tnumbers,se are the high temperatures across our region.5 c., quantico, fredericksburg, 97. warrenton, it washot. all you have to do is add in humidity. heat index close t 105. i expect it again tomorrow.

82 r now. nice night. warm and muggy. we are a little bi cooler than this time last night. down to 73 right now. 83 in annapolis. partly because of the shower. a couple storms and cloudover lped to drop temperatures a little bit. tomorrow morning, out at the bu, st79. very muggy. recess up to 91. hit 94 degrees at noon today. i don't think we'll be quie tht recess tomorrow. it's going to be close. up to 94. feeling like 104 by the time you pick up the kids tomorrow. no rain right now. couple isolated storms. a couple more tomorrow. most off us on the dry side. the storms developed earlier today. watch this.ight he look at the storls and the clouds around the d.c. metro. it went from 95 in d.c. to 83 at one time this afternoon. that was much nicer than it would have been.

cre's the area of high pressure over theter portion of the country. that forces all the storms up and over our region creating very warm and humid conditions. that's what we'll see tomorrow. sendsrm the sto the south also including gordon makinarits way in t alabama and mississippi. intensifying over the last couple hours it will start to weaken quickly. we've seen winds gusti 80 miles an hour with the storm. current sustained winds at 70 moving to the northwest at 14. it moves inland quickly in toward parts of mississippi and tomorrow morng, nothat big of a factor. heavy rain could be anue i there. hurricane florence, now up to 100-mi-an-hour storm. category 2. winds moving at 12. way away from the u.s. however, watching this storm the next couple days, expected to stay a hurricane and back up to nearly category 2 status by end of the five-day forecast ssibly.

staying east of ber mda. mostels make this a fish storm out to sea. there are a few that come to the east coast. we'll wat this closely over the next week to two weeks. 94 theigh temperature tomorrow. another hot day. heat index wl over 100. an isolated chance for thunder. look what happens. the front comes in late thursday. sance of sto on thursday. 85 on friday. 78 degrees on satuay. sunday coming in at 74 degreesing with rather breezy conditions. cloudy with a chance of showers during the day. yeah, three days in a row of 70s. some of you have been asking for more fall-like numbers. they're on their way this weekend. >> thank you, doug. >> coming up, the mystics making >> coming up, the mystics making history as your sool supplies today...

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