the jobghter injured on while fighting flames in bethesda. we're told and home construction caught fire overnight. a hundred firefighterso respondedis scene. the flames are now under control. this is still causing road closures, though, along whittier boulevard down the street in high school. we're working to find out how badly the firefighter was hurt molette green will join us in a few moments with a live report. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. we're also tracking the rising temperatures on this weather alert day. it's already 79 degrees outside. it's only ffling -- because all the humidity. the warnings are severe right now. one lol school district is sending students home early today. >> wll get to that in a moment. first to the forecast with chuck and sheena. then melissa will have a look at

the commute for us. >> yes. good morning. it's going to be another scorcher out there. i don't fee like we need to tell you. it feels never ending. >> i agree w.h th it feels like a summer where it was pouri down rain or 90 degrees. we've continued the pattern into september. another day sizzling hot today. again, what was tropical storm gordon now starting to rain itself out across the deep south. that's an area of low pressure. we have a relatively large area of high pressure around us. that's going to squash chances for cooling thunderstorms. had quite a few yesterdayn. aftern i don't think that's as likely to be the caseto y. current temperatures as we mentioned, though, are already in the steamy mid-70soutside. not much relief coming our way for today at all. a quick warm and the heat and humidity this morning turning to highs in the smid-90 for many this afternoon with heat indexes up close to 100s. degr going out to the baseball game tonight. still near 90 at 6:00.

probably won't have to worry about rain delays today. higher rain chances and cooler weather in time for the weekend. let go to melissa . good morning. taking a look in bethesda. whittier boulevard, this is wher molette green will be live for us for a couple of minutes. fire response means we could have potential closures. we'll see how this ismpting things near whitman high school in bethesda. fairfax parkway. inbound on 66 no problems. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway rolling along nice and clear here this morning. and 270 southbound, nothing in your way there. eun? >> it's 4:32. oe second dayschool will be shorter for students and staff in prince george's county. schoolsoucross they will dismiss students two hours early today. >> that is because ofwehe heat. checked with several other school districts in our area. so far prince george's county is

the onl county that has decided to dismiss students early because it's going to be so hot. >> hundreds of university of maryland students are really feeling the heat. four dormuiings swr no air conditioning. university leaders blame the age of the dor saying the old wiring cannot handle the ac. they've put o fans. hey students tell us provide literally. many are camping out in common rooms to stay cool. >> it's awful. we sleep on towels o the floor at night because it's so hot and we sweat in our sheets. we don't wantthat. we lay towels out and sleep on the floor. >> can you imagine a dorm room without air colitioning? alhose students packed in there. maryland tells us about60of students in dorms don't have air conditioning. the school hopes to add ac into the older buildingsf they can during renovations. happening today, jury selection starts in one of d.c.'s most hh-profile murder cases. angie goff in the newsroom with

more on this trial that's pected to go for a couple of months here angie. >> we know that the murders, aaron, happened more than three years ago. the three were tortured andn killed their northwest d.c. mansion. the lone suspect has n plead guilty. dna evidence is going to be crucial in this ca. some key evidence may have been left behind at the crime scene. court documents show that a screwdriver hding a window open was not recovered and the f investigator was told the water bottles and gloves were discarded.n you atch our murders, inside the investigation special. it has been placed in our nbc washington app right now. aaron? nk> angie, t you. 4:34 right now. jury selection continues in the trial of a mancced of killing his pregnant girlfriend.

tyler tessier is -- she was pregnant with his child she dis buried in a field in omery county. it'now 4:35. the other top stories we're working for you this morning.to tropical gordon is blamed for the death of a child in pensacola, florida. the storm made landfall late iast night west of the alabama/mississiorder with wind up to 70 miles an hour. it knocked out power for thousands of people along the gulfecoast. storm is expected to weaken rapidly as it continues to move inland. it is day two of the h confirmatirings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. expect democrats to ask about gun and abortion rights rulings. and whether kavanaugh believes a sitting president can be investigated. if confirmed, he will fill justice anthony kennedy's seat. thousands of d.c. public school parents are learningha t

their kids' personal information was posed online for nearly six months. officials tell us theas information inadvertently up loaded to the d.c. council website. includes students' names, birth dates and i.d. numbers.oc no sl security numbers were listed. new this morning, we now know who the washington mystics will face in their first-ever wnba finals. the storm beat the mercury to secure the second spot. that means t mystics head to the other washington for their first game on friday. the mystics topped the atlanta dream in game 5 last night. the seroer series was tied at 2. this could be the thirst championship for teams owned by ted leonsis. he won the arena football bowl. now cheering on the mystics. oh, my goodness, let's go. >> means so much.

d.c. has become home to me. now we need the city tond rally us. we're not finished yet. >>ehat's why i c to d.c., to make history. to me, it's verysp ial. it's special to do it with this group of people.a we have great locker room. it's an exciting time to be a d.c. fan. i'm glad i'm on the winning side of it right now. >> yeah. game one of the best of five series is friday night in seattle. home games on george mason's an universitye pus. >> tickets go on sale later this morning. 20 bucks. not t hard to grab one of those. making this win sweeter, today is star ee len adelelena della done's birthday. >> it's now 4:37. from a good de to a lawsuit. they raised thousands for a homeless man. new details about the mysterious way nearlyn half a mill dollars disappeared.

first, though, a day of family fun leaves one local man approximate beaten and bruised. why he was attacked by security guards at siflags.x

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s out when guay he was resisting. that's where he was thrown to the ground. the lawsuit claims assault,impr. six flagshe disputesclaims. coming up, the cameras that catch speeders to try to slow youown. now they have a new look that you may drive right by. what to look out for so you don't get a ticket. ruby slippers recovered.ro s footwear found 13 years after they were stolen. the details ahead. well, a weather alert day again. we're talking about heat and humidity making it feel around 105 degrees again this afternoon. in the meantime, this morning, we're dealing with patchy fog, mainly west of d.c. temperatur will quickly warm into the 80s shortly after the s sunr chuck is back with a full look at the heatnd the cooldown a f ♪ when was tast time you felt... free.

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this morning, another o new the scene democrat just beat out a long-time incumbent. ayanna presleyte defd mike capuano. he -- the defeated congressman says presley is going to be a

good congresswoman and went on to say that massachusetts will be well-served. meanwhi meanwhile, on capitol hill, social media executives will be in the hot seat. sheryl sandberg and twitter she have jackwi dorse answer questions about fighting election interference. with lesshan two months until the -- they want to make sure they aren't being manipulated. back in 2016, milliof users tsre exposed to fake and misleading p from russia leading up to the presidential election. in morning a new book is providing one of the most compelling portraits of the dysfunction and chaos within the trump white house. the book "fear" trump in the white house is written by bob woodward.dw >> wd writes that at times the west wing has becomed paralyy the russia investigation. that's just the beginning. tracie potts is on capitol hill with more what is in this book. tracie, good morning. >> insult and dysfction, aaron and eun. good morning everyone. according to woodward's book,is ther lot going on inside

that trump white house, including people who don't necessarily see eye to eye with present trump. hi chief of staff reportedly calling him an idiot. the defayse secretaryg he operates on a fifth and sixth grade level. president trump calling his j attorney generf sessions mentally retarded and a dumb southerner. quoting from the book here,he president deghing all of this -- denying all of this. saying they're disgruntled former employees who spoke to woodward. it's not just about the insults. it's about some of the extonme ac according to the book that aides are takingo ep things going with an impulsive president. swiping informationff his desk. ignoring orders that they think are completely out of order. bu again, big pushback from the president saying not only are they all lies, but also that woodward didn't contact him or he didn't get the message thatw ward wanted to talk to him

about this book. >> i'm sure there's a lot more that people will be reading about. tracie potts on capitol hill, thank you. the couple accused of fthholding moneym a go fund me account is set to appear in court. indicate mcclure and mark dim coe. >> go nd me raised more than $400,000. he got some of the money. but now he's back on the street. the couple has repeatedly denied misusing any of the money. bobbitt spent $25,000 in less than two weeks on drugs in addition to ping overdue legal bills and sending money to his family. a judge denied bond for a woman charged in a violent case of roa rage in d.c. yesterday lawyers argued tha she suffers from mental health issues and had an episode when she wasaught on video smashing a greyhnd bus window on friday. the judge ordered her to remain in jail.ls

later, we ao saw in the videoff her drive o after the bus driver jumped on her car to try and stop her. >> she was not able to use her b proper judgmenause she idn't have medicine in her system. mental health disorder. general jeannette ex. >> that's a family member coming her defense. she's due back in court later this month. the new fire chief in fairfax county is committed to ending sexual harassment and bullying within d hn't. hief john butler was sworn in yesterday. he takes over this department dealing with the aftermath of a woman's suicide. the firefighter took her own life in 2016 after anonymous posts made sexually expcit comments about her on a website. the department b hasn hit with lawsuits with a culture of sexual harassment andbullying. he says he has a no nonsense a proef. >> there is a lture, we're not

going to tolerate bullying or cyber bullying. we'reot going to tolerate it. >> he most recently served as e howard county firechief. he hired one of the most diverse firefighter paramedic trainee classes in history. tradition he hopes to continue in frfax county. nbc4 is committed to making sure kids in our area are ready for school. news 4 visited landover on the first day. >> weanted t make sure everyone had what they needed for a successful school year. >> molette and members of the team showed up with 500 donated backpacks. there's our donna weon. every student received a brand new backpack and supplies in there,too. >> back to school is always fun, you no know what i mean. we want kids to take .pictur it's one moment in time.

look at jake on the right-hand si side. you think i was asking him to climb mt. everest. e's the only one who still hofs me? >> she's in fourth grade. fourth, sixth and eighth. aren't they getting big? e.>> he's d >> the first day of school. >> mom, you'll get the class picture when those come out. >> i'm explaining to him there wi be only one first day of school for the rest of his life. then we'll never have first day of school for eighth grade ever again. >> he d nine first days of school. >> it's not the same. >> maybe you didn't get the memo. you're not cool anymore. >> i know. believe me. jake tries to remind me every day. keeping you at arm's length from this point forward. we'll see you at the wedding. it is going to be another day for a kid to be sweating it out in school. on the way in and back. temperatures will be way up into the 90s yet again. here tarlys morning, all

that thick moisture overhead has led to some t relativelyck fog as well. visibility down under a mile across parts of north central virginia and near a mile from frederick and mainsburg. be on the lookout for fog early in some of the sltered valleys. 79 degrees, though, in washington at national airport. yesterday our low temperature was 79. that was the latest on record to be so warm for an overnight low. we may equal it again this morning. heat indexesft thisnoon will be oppressive yet again. here's future weather's heat index. between 100 and 105 degrees this afternoon. take yourak shade b stay hydrated as best you can. unlike yesterday, we had a couple ofst strong thundms late afternoon, today's rain chances are lower than that. not completely zero. we'll be dry through the morning into parts of the early afternoon. by 4:00, 5:00, that is somewhere between slim and none for rain chances for today. higher rain chances reallyon't

come up until very late in the day tomorrow. here's future weathe 2:00 tomorrow, maybe the isolated shower in the afternoon. but that line of stormsn the orthern border of maryland by 8:00 tomorrow night, that is the leading edge of a much higher rain chance which will drop temperatures into the weekend. mid-90s. heat indexes of 100 or higher today and tomrow. onfriday, saturday and sunday, high chances for rain. weend highs with lot of clounl around might obe in the low to mid-70s. melissa, that sounds so good. >> it does sound kind of good when it's been soot outside. bethesda, near river road, big fire response there. potential closures there near whitman high school. we'll look atithat in ae bit. 66 into town. out of town, no problems. fredericksburg southbound. 95 at 3, a blocked ramp. e rest of 95 in virginia looks good. inner and outer loop of the beltway, noproblems.

everything is moving nicely. bottom of the beltway through prince george's county into >own, out of town, no worries. angie? two alerts that could affect hoyou do business today. fairfax county courthouse closed because they're dealing with a broken water pipe all courts and court activities are canceled. however, the court inhe town of herndon and civil commitment hearings will go on as scheduled. for those i the northeast d.c. area, pepco reporting a scheduled outage affecting 1,293 customers. restoration expected by 8:00 a.m. we'll get more information to you. angie, thank you. it's 4:54.d as you h out this morning, keep an eye on your speed. not only are more students andu school on the roads this week, but so are new speed cameras. you may think youho kno to spot them. as adam tuss shows us, they'nl not oy in new locaons, they

have a different look, too. >> a lot of d.c. speed cameras there getting n locations. you don't see b itind me here because the tree is blocking it. take a look up on the pole. a lot of the cameras moving to new spots.e ameras are a departure from the boxy and fixed posamion speed ceras that many of us have gotten used to. manufacturer, he american traffic solutions, they are very high tech. complete with high resolution sensors and 3d capability. >> the radar can track the exact position of up t 20-plus vehicles before and after the violation point. >> some, like this woman, not happ about it. >> i would prefer that the camera is not there. no, no. >> others simply say if you don't want a ticket, don't speed.no inhwest, adam tuss. news 4. >> looks like dorothy's ruby red slippers are now going back to a museum in minnesota.

>> the slippers were stolen 13 years ago and this morning there are still a lot of questions about how they were recovered. the fbi is not answering who stole the slippers or where they have been for more than a decade now. the slippers a one of four known pairs that actress judy garland wore in the wizard of oz. you know the slippers. they disappeared in august of 2005 when someone broke into the museum in grand rapids and shoes are valued at $1 million. what do you do with them? wear them? > people would know where they came from there's a pair in washington as well. the smithsonian. i thi they're notn display right now, but they're there. atso many beautiful museums the smithsonian. still ahead, bracing for the storm. tropical storm gordon whirs into the gulf packing rain and punishing winds. plus, thousands of d.c. public school students learn their personal information was exposed. onli how long it was out there and how it happened in the first

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breaking news. 100 firefighters battle a fire. >> the flames sparked inside an abandoned but very large home. molette green just arrived on the scene and joins us live with the latest. what are you seeing? >> reporter: you can see firefighters still up on top of this house heren the 6900 block of whittier boulevard. they'reut putting hotspots.

but the fire is pretty much t. this home is total loss. i just spoke with theatlion chief on the scene here. he tells me 100 firefighters battled the blaze when g they here. it was raging when they got here. one firefighter sd dehydration and had to be treated for that. he's expected to be okay. this home was under renovation. thbattalion chief tells me a lot was boarded up.ti they're sll totally not sure if anybody was inside. asey don't believe anybody inside at this point. more aylight comes and investigation will reveal exactly the details and what was going on inside that house and f anybody was in there. they want to besure. they don't believe anybody was inside the house at the me. they expect to be wrapping things up here in about 45 minutes or so. 're still on the scene as they, of course, continueo