huh? wow, that's a beauty. >> we basically tch peopl how to grow, what to grow and when to grow. >> lessons in t caring for things that care for us right now at 4:00. we begin with day one for the trial of a man charged inth one o most high-profile murder cases in our area. >> today, dozens of d.c. residentsacked the courtroom as lawyers on both sides begin the process of selecting a jury. >> that jury will rule on a case now more than three years old. three family members and their longtime housekeeper rdered, eir house then set on fire. >> they will decide the fate of the only person charged in this meagan fitzgerald is at d.c. >>perior court now. meagan? eporter: legal experts will tell you this is a very critical process ass entire both sides try to sort of weed through the potential biases that people have one way or another. so today for several hours the defense and the prosecution had a chance t spe with some of

the 80 people who could serve. for the next several days, prosecutors and defense atrneys will try to make sure they seat a fair and impartial jury. the started by reminding he 80 people inside the courtroom that darren went is presumed innocent until proven guilty. turing and d with t killing a family of three and their housekeeper. the story has been widely reported, which is why the judge's first question was, hav u heard or read anything about the case, commonly referred to as thendansion murder will that impact your ability to be fair? we also got insight who will be testifying, the famy's surviving housekeeper and jordan wallace were among t many names mentioned. another question among prosecutors, ifors would trust a testimony of a witness who is also a convicted felon.

this witnessould receive a reduced sentence in exchange for his testimony. one of several questio that will be used to try to ensure that daron wint gets a fair trial. >> this is a longross. the judge says it could take until the middle of next week before 12 jurors are seated. she says that it's possible this trial could not ueterway until that time on wednesday. back to you. >> thank you, meagan. our pat collins recently sat down with a group of law oenforcement experts talk about this case. you can hear their take on the big issues involved and the questions they're waiting to see answered and what they'll be watching for in this trial on our nbc washington app. brett kavanau and the senate judiciary committee are in the middle of another very long day on capitol hill. this is a live look now on the second day of kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. [ inaudible ]

>> a for the second day, rotesters are repeatedly interrupting the hearing. we're expecting testimony to last wellnto the night. blayne alexander to tracking it all for us on the second day. blayne? >> see despite the fact we're seeing protesters pop up every few minutes, today is still less dramatic than what we saw unfolding yesterday and it's re direct. today for 30 minutes each, senators had the chance to take their questions e raight to juvanaugh. >> reporter: today, mo protests. astt judge b gnaw answers direct questions for the first time. >> i based my decision on the law but i do so with anar ess of the facts and an awareness of the real world consequences. >> reporter: the judge repeatedly grilled on presidentialpower, promising -- >> no one is above the law. >> reporter: but notiving a definitive answer to this question about the president --

>> trump claims he has an absolute right to pardon himself. doese? >> that's a hypothetical question i that can't begin to answer in this context. >> reporter: a point drilled by democrats who fear president trump appointed kavanaugh to protect himself against special counsel robert mueller's investigation. the president today praising his nominee'sperformance. >> i've watched his statements and, honestly, they've been totally brilliant. i think that the oth side is grasping at straws. >> reporter: kavanaugh also pressed on abortion. hat would you say your position today is on a man's right to choose? >> as a judge, it is an importan precedent of the supreme court -- by it, i mean roe v. wade. >> rorter: and handguns and sem rifleseapons used to hunting and self-defense, but they're ud in a lot of violent

crime and cause a lot of deaths. that m whates this issue difficult. >> reporter: a marathon day of questioning and it's only round one. and for round two, senators will each get less time for questioning, just 20 minutes instead of 30 like today. leon, thats expected to begin tomorrow. >> we'll see if there are more fireworks tomorrow. good deal. thank you, blayne. facebk and twitter also under the microscope today on capitol hill. executives fro both compani explained to senators what they're doing to secure your social media from influence from foreign governments. coming up at 4:30, we'll explain how both companies are trying to prevent russia from impacting political posts you see online. john mccain's replacement was sw nn in as thet senator of arizona. >> congratulations, senator. >> vice president mike pence swore in jon kyl on the senate floor. kyl once sved in the senate alongside mccain died last month

from brain cancer. kyie is exped at foreign policy and will be joining narrowly dividedenate where republicans could gain or lose seats in november. let's turn now to your forecast. it's hot and h this afternoon, that's for sure, but we're almost through this heatwave, folks. >> chief meteorologist dougit cammer what's next. >> we've got one more really hot and humid day and then on friday i think we do get some relief before a major shift in the pattern coming this tweaked. hot and humid to say the least. we're in the 90s just about everywhere, ocean city, though, beautiful there. temperature there at 85 degrees but still on the humid side. the heat index up to 101. 104 down towards the river. no heatdvory today, although this would be the criteria today, at least come close to i think we'll have a heat advisory tomorrow. one more hot one tomorrow.

showers and storms on friday. i'm going to break that down for you if you have friday plans. then a big weekend change. yeah, big time. i mean, temperatures could drop 20 degre from wherehey are right now and that puts things on the cooler side for this time of year. we'll talk about that and much more coming up in about ten minutes. every prince george'sublic school student went home two hours early because of the hea many moms and dads had to scramble to find childcare or leave wor tracey, we understand schools that had air conditioning were closed today is that true? >> reporter: yeah, that's true. we visited both. tod laurel high school is an example of a school that depending where you are in the building you may or may not feel air conditioninger some tea telling us parts of this building that are extraordinarily hot making it difficult for students to learn. as you said, students in prince

george's countfound themselves ing home two hours early on the second day of school. here is the issue, there are 209 schools in prince geor's ounty, ten with major hvac issues. $2 billion worth of overall repairs need to be made within the schools, includi their h vacs. when we talked to parents about kids getting out early, we got mixed reaction from them and teachers. >> it is what it is. it's really hot and their health comes first. >> for you they're out of school but their air conditioningfi is . >> i didn't think it was a need for all schools. >> if you head to the back where my classroom is located, you ll immediately feel as though you're walking into a sauna. it was a fair decision. safety is always first for our students. >> rreorter: now, balti county and also baltimore city, they closed a number of their schools. not the entire system but a number of their schools for the sameeason. it's making this a bit of a state issue. coming up at 5:00, you'reea goi

to from the governor and his competitor in the midterm. one is saying the schools are funded enough, the others say they absolutely are not. the schoo system is going to makeis the dn this evening whether they're open tomorrow. back to you in the studio. >> a lot of parents will be waiting to hear. thank you, tracee. new at 40, we have learned the university of maryland is looking in two possible hate crimes on i college park campus. in one incident, campus police say somne made and wrote lgbtq s against the community on a white board. they say it happened at queen ann's hall setime between las wednesday and thursday. police are looking into anin cident where someone drew a swastika on a white board. police areooking at camera footage from both location a massive house fire, take a look at this. the blaze cost more than1 million in damage. the home is located on whittier

boulevard in bethesd it had been under rent investigorion. investig say the blaze appears to have been an accident, they say it started in the kitchen and spread through the house. luckily the family was not home at the time. one firefighter was injured battling the blaze. students' personal information accidentally posted online f. months >> we are working for you to get answers about how this happened> a sing -- we'll explain how local curators helped crack the case. >> it's a hot, humid afternoon.v looking over the district. doug will be back w

boy, the today's the kind of day where you startweating the second you walk outside or even think about it. here is a live look over district. doug is back soon with the big changes in the forecast you might like. pat? as a parent, you certainly want yr child's personal information to stay private but d.c. school leaders admit the information sfdents was made public online for months. first on 4:00, news 4's shomari stone tells what the district is doing to make sure this never happens again. >> it certainly is something that we take very seriously. >> reporter: d.c. publicchools

deputy chancellor explains how 000 students' 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 inadvertenbm sion. >> reporter: dcps sent this letter home to parents of the affected students after a source tipped me off about the letter, i called dcps. the school system confirmed it mistakenly included student information in spread sheet it gave to the d.c. council in february. the information includ students names, dates of birth, student i.d. numbers, schoole grlevel, attendance information, housing status ar whet they're eligible for special education. >> why didn't anyone notice the students' information posted sooner? i mean, february 5th to august 9th is a long time, six months. >> i think it is -- that's a very good question, 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 >> reporter: dcps removed the information on august 9th when an employee saw it on the councis website, but the letter to parents wasn't sent st.il august 31 >> news 4's shomari stone reporting. dcps believes no one else accessed this information except the employee who discovered it. the lter given to students to take home does include a phone number for parents to call if you have concerns. just imagine being stuck on a plane for hours, surrounded by sick people coughing and complainin f ofers. that's what happened on this emirates airline flight that landed thisorning at jfk airport. the flight took off from dubai. it was quarantined as soon as iy arrived in nk city. representatives from the cdc met tarmac.e on the seven crew members and three passengers were taken to the hospital. the airline says some o

had been in mecca where a flu outbreak is raging righnow. a consumer alert for you tonight. toyota has issued a recall for some models of its popular prius hybrid vehicle. nearly 200,000 2016 through 2018 model years are affected by this. thecall iso h tne f that could fire under certain conditions. t word whetherre have been any injuries, accidents or deaths related to this incident in the u.s., but we do know at least one fire was reported in japan. the recall was part of wider one for more than 1 million priuss worldwide. turning now to the weather. no relief yet, but it's coming. >> we're for a major change the this weekend. temperatures today averad 83 degrees. we're about ten degrees above that today. is weekend we're going to be about ten degrees blow that. wanted fall-like weather? it's comog. we've got get through the heat first. out there right now, hazy, h

and hum conditions across our region as we look well off into thenc dis here from northwest d.c. all the way down towards the airpo s. yo the kennedy center off to the left there. as we move through the afternoon, it's on the hot side. 92 degrees again. winds out of the south at 8 miles an hour. currt temperatures. annapolis coming in at 94. the heat index ove 100 in most locations. tomorrow may be hotter. again, thater recess teure, this is the noon temperature, by the way. some kids have recess a llitle bit e than that. feeling like 98 degrees. eling like 104 tomorrow afternoon on thursday. a very hot day for sure. as far at storms go, yesterday we had a number of storms during the afternoon to help cool things down. i saw o around gaithersburg earlier but most of us remain on the dry side.

the big picture here, you see how we are on the dry side with all the sunshine. still havere an of high pressure over us. that means the storms are going way to the north up into canada. we are tracking this storm down here. this is what's left of gordon. now a tropical depressio gordon making its way inland. you can still see the circulation into parts of mississippi bringing with it lots of heavy rainfall. making its way out of the gulf -- currently winds of 30il per hour. the big storm is hurricane florence now. we are done for the most part with gordon. now we're looking at florence, which became a category 3 hurricane. this was not supposed to strengthen all that much, at he least hurricane center had it going up to a minimal hurricane and dropping below hurricane strength. it is now a category 3 storm with winds of 125 miles an hour. the first major hurricane of the season. jor hurricane is one that has 15-mile-an-hour winds or higher, making it a category 3. as we look at where this storm

is going io go comes very close to bermuda here. look what happened. this is the computer model spread. has it close to the bahamas or way up here moving out to sea. h so ae spread. some of the computer models, east o bring it along the coast, but we do not know where this is going to go yet. this is five days out this would be ten days out. so we're looking way over seven to ten days out before we know where this is going to go. do we have to watch it? absolutely. as you can tell, we of time to do so. some people say, oh, it's going to hit theast coast next week. don't listen to that. way too early to tell where this storm is going to go. we'll be watching it for you. heat index tomorrow, 100 to 105. very much like today, very much like yesterd. 85 on friday. 50% chance of showers and a few understorms. couple of rumbles of thunder there. a lot of cloud cover and showers likely on sunday with a hh of 74. same deal on monday. cooler than average. right back aveverage as we

make our way into the middle of next week. unsettledit on the side. chance of showers and storms each day but we're not talking a washout and i don't see any flooding. we've had plenty of that already this summer. >> seen enough of that. >> looking better. thanks, doug. bchk to sl backlash. >> the first lady's message to students that's catching heat on social media. and news 4 is rooted inhe community. see what a little time digging in the earth is doing for so many of our neighbors andinow many of our neighbors andinow you can gen th your school supplies today... many of our neighbors andinow you can gen th school. grade. done. done. hit the snooze button and get low prices on school supplies all summer long. now get 50% off school backpacks at office depot officemax.

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>> this is prince george's county's garden, a place where master gardners likest ester mi whell test the bestay to grow. >> as you can see the vegetable garden is fenced in. notice that the herb garde h doesn'tave anything around it and stuff is growing because the deer do not like a lot ofte scen herbs. >> reporter: the garden s part of the university of maryland' extension program so it's also i tr ground. >> we basically teach people how to grow, what to grow and when to grow. >>hat's that, everybody? >> a hummingbird. >> reporter: every wednesday, residents come here for their ho horticulture class. they watch nature on theen scre. hey head out to watch it

up close. >> they come out here to learn, to garden, to socialize, to meet people in the community. >> you see the f bees off? they're just in there to get nectar. >> they do some picking. >> what did you pick over there? >> zucchini,nd cucumbers tomatoes. >> reporter: and they plant. >> yes! i knew you- >> right in the soil. there you rgo. >>orter: every wednesday, melwood residents come here for what's called horticulture therapy. it teaches them simple experiences that enhance their eryday living. >> experiences pces like this can only provide. >> it gives them exercise. l theyrn about healthy eating. they learn about where their food comes and caring for the environment. >> reporter: they are lessons in caring for the things that care for us. lessons about life. >> yeah, you want to put all together and put it in the

basket. how many pounds is that? >>ow to weigh it in the basket and savor the county and beauty that nature provides for us >>a. enjoy growing things, seeing things grow from seeds to the part where you can eat it. >> now that demonstration garden locate in clint is open in spring, summer and fall and, again, you can go there and visit for free but you're advised to make a call ahead to talk with onete of the m gardeners who can show you around and show you what to do. for more information on who to contact, hop on to the nbc washington app and search "rooted." >> have you eaten everything you took out of there? is it all gone now? >> yes, it was gone the same y. it's a great place. just a beautiful place to go and relax and totl get a l training if you -- you don't know quite how k top cucumbers from turning orange. >> which we saw. >> which we've done. ch we've done. >> good stuff. a hot afternoon to be out in the garden today. >> doug says some big time

relief is on the way and he's coming bac with when we'll get a break and a look at some chances for rain for your weekend. singer demi lovato announcing a big change after her very public overdose scare. plus, the new effakts to keepe accounts from cloggi up your songci

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and right now at 4:30, president trump's supreme court nominee is answering questions in front of the senate judiciary committee. you're looking here at live pictures from capitol hill. >> democrats are grilling judge brett kavanaugh o abortion, guns and executive power. republicans hope tonrm kavanaugh before the supreme court returns october 1st. >>tonight's question and answer session could last past 9:00.n they've b at it all day, too. at the same time in another hearin room,awmakers grilled leaders from facebook and twitter about what they're doing to protect your social media feeds. nbc's jennifer johnson explains why some senators don't think internet companies are doing enough to safeguard our elections. >> reporter: a capitol hill grilling for facebook and twitter's executives on topping foreigns from influencing future u.s. elections after russians meddled in 2016. >> pnd i'mased to see that you've begun to take action, bur also tsians are getting

better as well. >> reporter: sheryl sandberg now says facebook has new warnings to stop use from sharing false information and doubled its number of investigators. owcently shutting hackers from iran. >> we now have over 20,000 people and we are able to view reports in 50 languages, 2 hours a day. >> reporter: notably absent, the ceo of google, who declined to show up. google now under fire after a watchdog group pretending to be ru trolls bought fake ads from the social media company. >> placed them on sites like cnn, "cbs this morning," huff post, daily beast. i'm sure they don't want to be here to awer these questions. >> senator susan collins says fake russian tweets recently bombarded over 360,000f her supporters. >> i learned not from twitter but from clemson university that i was one of those targeted teaders. >> rep at a house committee, republicans claimed twitter is biased against conservatives. >> it seems a little bit like

whe wizard of oz." we want to knowt's going on behind the curtain. >> we don't consider political viewpoints, perspectives or party affiliation in any of our policies. >> reporter: dorsey denies accusations ofhadow banning or blocking any biased users or content. the department of justice announced today it will continue to investigate these social media giants. in a meeting with several stater attorneys g in late september. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. let's turn now to something that is generating a lot of buzz on social media, this week's nike deal withormer san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick. it has spurred a o ton debate. kaepernick is known for kneeling during the national anthem in protesnd of police brutality racial inequality. also trending today, tyler perry after he offered to help a struggling actor oncenown to be on the cosby show after she was spotted working at a cashier at a trader joe's.he with today's talk around town. glad to have you here. let's staal withng about

colin kaepernick. fans out there talking about boycotting nike orhis thing. >> well, folks are cutting the top of nike off their socks. they're pulling it off of their shirts. on social media, you have some entertainers saying they're going to boycott. there is backlash. there was a mayor in maryland whoe said there should ba boycott. she then took that off her facebook page, saying it was a teaching moment for her students. colin kaepernick will be one of the faces of nike. they will return their ad, they say, on "thursday night football."fl remember, thes vested with nike, but for the listeners that we have, thef majority them will fall on the side of kevin's views from clinton. >> i think that using coliner kack is probably one of the best pr moves that nike could have made because,kn you , this man is standing for something, you know? i'm 57 years old, african-american, grew up here in this country, and i think we all need to, you know, make a

stand if we believe in something. >> and, remember, the nfl has ar ten- apparel agreement with nike. so that makes things a little dicey from that standpoint. >> that's got billions and billions. let' get to the other name trending today, tyler perry. he stepped up and said he's offering to help out jeffrey owence, the forr actor spotted at a trader joe's. helping him get back into show business. >> most of our listeners saying this could happen to anyon he played elvin on "the cosby show." in the 26 years the show has been over, i've only worked consistently as an actor at ten weeks a top. if you listen to our listeners, they understand where tyler perry fits in this, the guy that can help this actor and especially an actor of color. darlene fm larsaid, listen, the guy's really just doing what he has to do. >> well, i honestly think it's just nobody's business. i mean, at the end of the day

everybody has to make a living. regardless of how they do it, it's none of your business. it's just the fact that he used to be in the spotlight but that doesn't -- basically thaes t give you the reason to judge him on what he's doing. >>he thing is, he's a yale trained actor. he's taut at yale. now he gets the opportunity to maybe work again. in the end it seemed to work out well for him. social media attention. >> we'll see what -- pat, to you. all right. thank you both. the first lady's attempt to inspire studentseang back to school turned er osour on socia media. urging students to be individuals and to strive to #bebest. it's a nod to her be best campaign against cyber b tlying. criticned the tweet around on the first lady, suggesting the best thing for thedountry woule removing her husband from office.

we want to take you now live to chopper 4 flying over some breaking news. this is in upper marlboro. a fuel tanker you see there and a cement truck and a tow truck all crashed on u.s. 301 south just past route 4. word is there are no major injuries reported, no matterd hw hat looks. highway officials say this started after the cement truck struck theack of the fuel tanker. the cement truck overturned on to theailroad tracks there. we're going to keep making calls on this and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it right here. you've heard doroths finallyuby slippers are headed home. today we learned about the slippers' local d.c. ection to punishing rains and whipping winds. gordon leaves its mark on the southeast. doug's back to track where the stem goes next and a look

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i'm tommy mcflyou with celebrity 60. first, you might have seen video of protesters being arrested and remove from yesterday' bre kavanaugh supreme court hearings. one of them was actress piper parabow. >>e shared the video of her removal. demi lovato selling the home she almost died in last month. the california property has four beds, six baths and a swimming pool. victoria beckham says, yeah, i'm on the cover of "ukvogue" with four kids and dogs without david she sverything is fine, sckham. their relationship is great and she and the soccer star know they're stronger togher. she's not going to comment on a spice girls reunion. i'm tommy mcflyou with celebrity 60 on nbc4. this may still be summer, but believe it o not, the flu season is right around the corner. >> can't wait.

experts say it's time to start thinking about your flu shot but is it too soon to get one? >> jim and wendy standing by. hi, guys. >> fall starts in threeks w but the 2018 flu season is on a lot of people's minds because it was so bad last year,mb re, almost 200 children died from the flu. >> ahead at 5:00 today, the questions doctors say you should be asking about this year's vaccine, plus the new drug that could bring those who are the sickest some relief. also, it has been more than three months since the surprise announcement from d.c. mayor that she had adopted a baby. >> now for the very first time 're getting a look at little miranda and hearing from the mayor about motherhood. >> she sat down with "today" show host hoda kotb and our market se saegraves.

>> we're gng to show you those tories and much more coming up next. hanging on for another 20 minutes for you. >> that is good stuff. can't wait to seell it. >> right. see you later. first at 4:00, doug's tracking t heat outside. >> well over 100 degrees in many areas. tomorrow we get another heat advisory. tracking what's left of tropical storm gordon and, of course, florence, too.

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if you're just joining us,e let's you all caught up with four things to know. today is day one in the trial for the man charged in connection with the d.c. m murders. that case is more than three years old and made national headlines. right now lawyers are sortingot through thetial jurors tasked with determining the fate of the lone man charged in this high-profile case. judge brett kavanaugh midway through his first full day of testimony in h senate confirmation hearing.

each senator on the judiciary committee gets 30 minutes to question kavanaugh. democrats have h press on abortion, gun laws and presidential pardon power. this e hearingected to last until at least 9:00 tonight and everybody's back tomorrow for even more.ll a prince george's county public schools closed early today because of the extreme heat and problems with air conditioning. ousands of parents had to scramble to find childcare or some way to take off work. the prince george's county school system says 209 of their hool buildings have h vac problems. this firee caused m than $1 million damage overnight. it had been under renovation at the time. they say the fire does appear to be an accident. the good tng is no on was home at the time. one firefighter was inj ed. they've been missing for more than a decade. now a pair of the mt famous shoes in the world, judy garland's iconic ruby wed slippers in "wizard of oz" have

been. found news 4's derek ward explains how the smithsonian helped crack the ca t. >> reportehey're probably the most identical pair of shoes around. >> they've been danced in. they've been loved. >> reporter: they've been missing since that late-night smash and grab robbery at the judy garland museum in minnesota in 2005. smithsonian conservator dawn wallace says they were then worked inhe by 16-year-old judy garland. >> we can see the cracks in the paint. that's because as we wear shoes and they're being danced in and flexed, that paint that was applied to the bottom is going to start to crack. >> reporter: the case surrounding these shoes began to crack. a man approached the insurers of the shoes and said he kneweyhere were. the fbi got involved. >> lots of interviews, several searches. only to lead later this summer to the recovery. >> reporter: they had t verify esese were those ruby slippers. the s got the forensic

treatment here in a lab at the smithsonian. >> we are able to look at the composition of the beads, of the prongs, of the threads and really aat of theials that make up the shoe. >> reporter: the smithsonian actually had a mismatcheai pr in its collection so the slen pair were also mismahed. this summer's discovery put things right. the right, right with theft rig >> so we were lucky enough to have the other pair of shoes brought here and we werehe comparingwo and able to find that they are consistent with the pair that we have. >> even after two years of working on this project, i still smile when i see the shoes come out of box. >> reporter: at the smisonian national museum of american history, derek ward, news 4. >> i'vectually seen the ones in the smithsonian. you couldn't tell. >> now you know. >> now you know. >> now we're clicking. our heels. >> there you go. can we click our heels and change this weather? >> we're trying, man. tomorrow, another hot, humid day

out there. a lot of relief on friday and especially this weekend. we're i for a big time pattern change this weekend. you want fall like numbers? they're coming? nothing but summer life out ther the curre heat index 101 in the city. 87 by 7:00, dropping to 82 y 11:00. we haven't seen much in the way of storms today.do t think we'll see many. we'll talk about that in second. annapolis coming in right now at 90 degrees. here is the current heat index. 101, d.c. 103 leesburg, 101anassas. a few areas below 100. we did not see a heat advisory today. i think we'll see it tomorrow, though, as tperatures creep u just a little bit more. i mentioned the chance of ms showers and stostly being on the dry side today. a couple over towards the eastern shore and salisbury. let's zoom inhi on guy right here. culpeper county, really not many people in this area but right

along 229. so, yeah, you may be able to see a shower there.least ale nice liloud building as a result of that. the rest of theig area,and ry and dealing with plenty of sunshine the area of storminess due to high pressure right over the mid-atlantic. kansas city up towards the great lakes and well into chicago -- well into canada, rather. the other storm to watch down here towards the south. his is gordon, what's left of gordon. now a tropical depression. came onshore as a very strong tropical storm, almost a category 1 hurricane. gusting winds up wards of 80 t'ses per hour with that, t gusts, not sustained. sustained winds ofes 70 mn hour. now it's just a rain maker, even someor thunder. not expecting a ton out of this system. winds right now at 30 miles an hour. moving northwest on 14. on this track it will move into portions of the center portion of the country, but eventually tries to bring some ooisture ba way. that's part of our change for the weekend. ch're talking about a chance of

showers pretty all weekend long right on into next week. tomorrow, though, most of the ryday again, 79 degrees at 7:00 a.m. by noon, 91 degrees. 95 by 3:00. heat index by noon, up to 98. 90 degrees and rather hid at 7:00. better chance of storms tomorrow eve than there will be inaf the rnoon with the frontal boundary moves through. drapes across the area with a high of 85 degrees. good chance of showers and storms on friday. not a washout o a day but if you have plans you might want to take the umbrella with showers on saturday and sunday. the big deal is where exactly do the remnants of gorn? questi rather breezy, too, with a high of only 74degrees. more showers likely on monday and tracking next week a chance of showers and thunderstorms just about each day as temperatures move back above average. >> thank you, doug. tonight, the prince william

county school board will meet to talk about your child's safety at school. the board c issidering hiring armed retired police officers to patrol elementar schools. the county recently gave the schools $500,000 to launch a pilot program. it allows the district to hire five safety officers and one supervisor. middle schoolers in one lexandria schoo came home with nothing new, backpacks. brought in brand-new backpacks for the students at bucknell schooltary these sixth graders couldn't wait to pick out their favorite colors.er the err we enough for all 260 students in the school, we're glad to report. we want to thank nbc4 viewers who donated the backpacks and money and supplies. that's the payoff the, folks. >> they're ready to learn. it doesn't get more up close and personal than this. this i just can't believe i'm looking at this video all day.

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an update now on what was once tropical storm gorln. seve states dealing with daniel from its powerful winds and heavy raim >> the syseft a child dead. nbc's jay gray is in gulf port, mississippi. >> reporter: hey there.er good aon. we still have some pretty ominous clouds here, there is n, wihere is no rain, the surf is relatively calm. nothing like it was overnight for so many alonghe gulfoast here. as gordon made its way across the shoreline, bringing with it strong winds, 70 miles an hour, gustg to 80 at times and driving rain that's caused flooding in some low-lying areas. we also saw power lines down. tens of thousands without power. crews got out as quickly as they could after the storm passed. this storm, though, is not over.

gordon moving inland. it has slowed down dramatically. it's lingering and going to he south n from through the midwest. it's the midwest where we're going to have some issues. they've already been dealing with catastrophic flooding there. now the storm which is, again, moving much slower is goingor t drop rain in an area that just doesn't need it. that is the very lates from here in gulf port, mississippi. i'm jay gray. o you. now at 5:00, theansion murders. the only man charged goes on trial. new today, the one question that made some potential jurors gasp. ut sweating o at school. some local students are sent home early because of the heat. to one district is doing keep kids cool in the clsroom. a bowser's bundle of joy. >> looking down at miranda and just those eyes looking back at me and knowing that i was her entire world. news 4 brings you your first look at the d.c. mayor's new

baby. >> news 4 at 5:00 begins with breaking news. yes, we're starting this hour with an update on this nasty crash in prince george county. >> check out these live pictures, folks, from chopper 4. a fuel tanker, a tow truck and cement truck all involved inis horrible wreck in upper particular marlboro. highway officials say it started when the cement truck hit the back of that fuel tanker. the cement truck then overturned on to those railroad tracks. no major injuriesor rd. we will keep you updated as we learn more about this. plus a day more than three years in the making. the start of trial for the man charged in connection with the d.c. mansion murder >> today marked the start of jury selection, something that could pve to be pivotal for the lone suspect in this high-profile case. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald is at d.c. superior court with details on sometng that went

down even before the jurors were brought in. meagan? >> reporter: -- using daron wint's facebook page during the trial. saying heeb used fk very heavily except for the day before the murders and the day of the m jder. thege ultimately decided that that information, that facebook page was going to be admissible into court. then that's when this jley ion got under way. that's when the judge started asking these 80 individuals questions. the courtroom was filled with 8t pol jurors, 12 of whom will eventually decide if daron wint is guilty. more than three years ago, wint was charged with killing and torturing a family of three and their housekeeper before setting th house on fire.fo rmer federal prosecutor says it's a rare occurrence and a crime p