let's start with chuck bell and a look at this heat wave that seems to never end. >> no kidding. th cendar says september. the kids are back in school. that tells you it's fall. the fours you need to know about the weather, another very steamy start this morning. the heat is peaking today. this may b the hottest day of the week. it's been 94 twice already. 93 yesterday. heat indexes over 100. it's all about the svelweat ande misery for 'rday. if y wondering about the weekend, you can be in trouble. the ouoor plans may be rained out. current temperatures in the 60s and the 70s. there's a tiny chance for a shower or thunderstorm. don't count on mother nature cooling you off. afternoon highs, 90 here in more about the increasing rain

chances coming up. good morning, melissa. any trouble on traffic here? >> we have the top of the beltway. outer loop at georgia avenue. one lane getting by. that's why we're seeing the slowdowns here at the top of the beltway. you see them at the top of the map, as well. that's at silver spring. interloop before the toll road. right lane is getting by thene work that's not much of a slowdown, at least at this point. through prince george's county, into town and out off town, all of that is looking good. alexandria, 395 southbound, two work soerns get done there. we'reng follo a story in fairfax county this morning. >> police are working to find out what happened to a women and two chilre were dead wednesday evening. >> justin finch is in herndon outside o tha home.

what's the latest? >> reporter: at thisti , the police will be gathering evidence inside, just after 9:00 last night. this investigation is now entering day o. hiout 6:15 on wednesday night, a call came from home on the 1000 block of safa street here, off theairfax county parkway and route 7, a m calling 911. he walked inside his home and found his children in a pool blood. a woman was found inside the home, as well. the identity and relationship has not been medical examinero determine the cause of death. police saying they have more work too in this investigation. but they won't say if this is a murder/suicide they have pointed out, there is not a threat to public safety. we're live in herndon this

morning. i'm justin finch, news 4. pa back to you in the studio. despite the heat, sdents will stay in class all day. every school in the county released students early because of the weather. apokesperson of the school district says 10 of its 200 school buildingsad major problems with its cooling systems. dozens of other schools had issues with the air conditioning. some fixed the issues. soer parents frustrated they had to pick up their kids early efven if the temperatures in their school wasfine. >> the health comes first. >> and the air conditioning was fine. i didn't think it was a need for l schools. >> prince george's county schools says the overall backlog for school building repairs adds up to $2 billion. prince george's county is rdly alone in dealing with heating and coolingms sys there's millions of repairs

planned in montgomery, frederick, arlington and loudon counties. one does acknowledge they are using band-aid approaches. but they prioritize buildings with special needs or elementary students first. school in prince william county is going alowg. and is the county school board keeping the students safe? >> megan mcgrath with the details that parents will want to know. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. this is a one-year pilot program designed to oimprove safet the elementary school level. retired, arm police officers will serve as community safety offirs in elementary schools across prince william county. formal approval was given for ase pilot program night. the program calls for a total of five csos, the communitysa daty

officers. they will wear uniforms and they will look different. the community safety officers are going to rotate t through elementary schools. >> you have about 60 elementary schools. they are more or less rotating through the different schools. ght now what they're doing is going to the schools and introducing themselves and building the relationships with our younger students. >> and i the progralready under way. two community safety officers have already beend, ti as well as a supervisor three more hires. and that will be happening in the coming weeks. >> thank you. work to pick a jury for the high-profile d.c. mansion murders trial begins again darren went is accused of t killing couple and family back in 2015. yesterday was the first day of jury selection of t case.

lawyers are looking at a pool of 80 jurors. some of them gasped when the judge told them that the trial could last two months. went is the only one charged with the murders. he was arrested after his a was found on a pizza crust at the crime scene. now, a scathing attack on president trump. the person who wrote i questions the president's fitness for office. he said, meetingsf him veer off-topics and against the rails. he i engages rants and his imui impulsiveness results in ideas that have to be walkedback. there was whispers within the cabinet o invoking the 25th amendment. president trump fired back on

twitter, b"tsting t new york times" and calling the source gutl s. he demandehe times" reveal the person's name. he said this is national security at this point.ti "the new yors" decided not to reveal the person's identity because he or she feared for their job. that republicing di inreasoning for the president. >> you tell me about aan anonymous source? no. >> the op-edomes onhe heels of a new book by bob woodward, claiming theres chaos in the ite house. >> n more nra justices. stop the murder of o children. >> day two of the brett avanaugh confirmation hearings began with more outbursts from protesters. they've set a record forti interrs by protesters.

judge kavanaugh declined to say what would happen if robert mueller would force the president to answer questions. >> can a sitting question be required to respond to a subpoena? >> i can't give you an answer on that hypothetical question. >> he s declined to whether he would take himself out of any case that might involve a lawsuit or criminal case involving pre>dent trump. investigators are trying to w figure outhy a doz passengers fell ill. 19 of more than 500 people onboard the light were sick when the plane landed at jfk airport. 100 others reported feeling ill. medics and staff boarded the plane. some passengers were upset topt were allowed to board after showing signs of being sick.

is someone spying on you fly?you the head of fsa is defending quiet skies, which is the program that follows travelers on to planes. the lawmakers dri the chief admir admiral. they take note of what a traveler reads and whether they use theth om. the program has potential privacy violathens. >> american public does deserve to know the extent they are being surveilled. >> i'm confident there's reduced risk for nearly seven years. and i n fe that we'retunate to have the air marshal this lity supporting progra >> narimarshals have made no ars and foiled no plots. allegations of sabotage onboard the international space station. >> an oxygen lea may have been by one of thect

astronauts themselves. air was leaking out of this last week and it has been fixed. but russian officials on the ground said that hole had to be made from inside the space station. it's possible the hole was made before launch and not discovered until recently. that section of the face station was launched from russia in june. three months ago, muriel boer announced she had adaopted a newborn and was amother. this is the first time that mayor bowser chose tohare her child with the dia. there's a moment where that child is put in your arms. describe that moment for >> the moment that sticks out to

me is looking down at miranda and those eyes looking back at me and knowing i was her entire world. >> whatde a wul bond. excited to hear what she has to say. in our 6:00 hour, hoda will be joini u joining wit with a preview for the conversation with mor bowser. why the sale of coffee and sandwiches may increase the me value of your if you have the flu, you can be knocked out for days. but a game-changing drug promises to do just that. thursday is here. it's no more than a c. minus today. unusably hot and humid temperatures. heat index is over 100 again this afternoon. it will nhi be hot tomorrow orver the o

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and this morning, the devastation is becoming even clearer.la it sed parts of japan o tuesday. ten people were killed and hundreds of others were left injured. jebi is the strongest to hit japan in 25 years. it was of the worst binge-worthy sho on netflix and showed the dark side of politics. >> "house of cards" is coming to end. and this is a sneak peek of the hefirst look of final season. >> when they bury me, it w't be iny backyard. when they pay their respects, they will have to wait in tne. teaser shows the grave of frank underwood, who was portrayed by kevin spacey. spacey was taken off of the show after he was accused of harassment and abus >> it will be largely centered

on robin wrightac chr, who was frank underwood's wife. she is so strong. >> did she kill him? >> we don't know.>> i've never seenl a single etch soed. >> rt's good. itl good. an, i tell by the looks on your'r faces that y not happy with the weather. >> it's better than the winter. >> if you say so. >> i said it. >> mail a couple of sweats to eun. that's how ugly it will be outside today. nobody wants weather like this. this deep in september, as well. e8 is out of reach. it could hotter than this. but let's be grateful that it's not going tobe . 79. finally, below 80, as of the 5:00 nhour, ational airport. light wind out of the south and

6 millo per hour. 70s in the shenandoah valley. andwn hage is sticky 77 this morning. napolis, 78. and 72 in fauquier county this morning. forecast for today, miserably hot. 95 degrees do even the northern shenandoah valley in the upper 80s and low 90s today. this is the beginning of the end. ng tohigh pressure is g give way and move offshore and allow more for t cold fro in the upper midwest. and what's left of gordon spinning its wheels across the mississippi river. that will bring the rain chances to us. that will lead to a rainy finish to your friday. rain chaes today are between slim and none. most of our rain chance is along the i-80 corridor. most of us are not get a cooling

rain drop today. cooler weather rol in for tomorrow. and way cooler for the weekend, saturday, low to mid-70s. rain likely could be breezy, as well, on saturday. that will be the opposite of today. let's gover to first 4 traffic and hear from melissa. >> outer loop at georgia, this is the only thing happening. one lanti is g by. that's why we're so slow there at the top of the ltway. the rest of the beltway, inner loom and outer look, looki quit good. 270 southbound, little slow throughfrederick, and it opens up in urbana, coming t down rockville, you're not speed there. 64 miles per hour this morning. alexandr alexandria, after seminary, two left lanes get by that work zone. world can head, be a dangerous place, especially

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you're watching "news 4 today." do your chirp walk alone? maybe it's to aie 's house or to school. >> now is a good time for an important conversation self-defense. >> some of the moves might look a little tough for smaller here this morning. but i tried them at home last pght with my 8-year-old. while ach from a child may not really hurt an adult, if that child kno what to do, go for the eyes or teach them how to jab, the way they fight back can be infinitely more effective. rob a fletcher is black belt. he travels the country teaching people how to defend themselves. i do if g what woul that were to happen. a paranoid feel with ahy healt purpose. >> take the ear buds out.

it's most important to be aware. >> you're going to >> reporter: there's four things to know. first, how to get in the zone and protect yourself. >> red zone is you're paralyzed by fear. yellow zon overcome by fear. you don't know where to trike or how to str e. gray zone, you're attacked to up with. you hand that over. and the green zone, that is fight. >> reporter: yell, scream, fight and run. go for the attacker's most vulnerable areas. >> eyes, nose, groin. those are the primary target areas. the second target areas can be your ears, your throat, your ribs and the top of your dfoot. hat are are my weapons? my fingers, thumbs, m palms, my foot.s, my knees and my >> reporter: the most effective strikes? >> there's pressing your eyeckin the eye so. there's the thumb strike.

there's the spear-hand strike to the eyes. >> reporter: use your elbows, use you' knees, and kick. fletcher has a fitness program that can help you teach your kids. >> i mean, you just keep throwing the strikes.s >> reporter:ey practice how to protect themselves. >> what advice does rob have talking to younger kids that may not understand seself-def >> if you're talking to your child, you know your child. you have tomalk to t the way you un prstand. don'h any limits and see how they react. tell h them as much as the need to know. >> we are posting this video on how to teach your child self-defense moves at home. i'm going to post it t my facebook and my twitter later today. coming up, securingur schools one app at a time.

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"news 4" begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> rig to your weather alert when you start on thursday. the hot, humi sticky heat we've been dealing with all week is back for another day. >> this may be theorst yet when it comes to how it feels outside. >> now, to better news. it is coming to an end. .t has to, eventually. >> one can only ho chuck bell is working for you.

chuck, what's the good news? >> we run out of solar horsepower to b this hot. we nearly lost two hours of daylight until the summer sol sti cities. our coverage high temperatures are down to 83 degrees. we're d coolingn statistically. but that's not going to do us any good in the short term today. 79 in fairfax county. i70 degrees southern maryland to get your day going. no early dismissal today. temperatures will be way up, near 90eges by lunchtime, with heat indexes closing in on 100 for recess. afternoon highs, low to mid-90s. heat indexes up by 105 grees. miserably hot. changes are coming starting tomorrow. more about that forecast coming up. >> all right. thank you, chuck. it will be a little wet this

weekend. outer loop lookingter than it was. that's our slow spot around town, because of some road work blocking the road. itill be wrapping up here. you see that delay at the top of the beltway. the rest of the beltway, we don't have anythin in your way right now, finger s crossed it stays that way. you can see a little orange and yellow. moat southbound approaching quantico this ing, a tiny slowdown 53 miles per hour is your speed there. going to take you about 22 minutes. >> thank you. it's 5:32. we're following a developing story in herndon this rning. police are trying to figure out what happened in this woman where a woman and two childrenr found dead last night.s investigator spent hours at the home but so far little is being released about the brutal sceun inside. >> justin finch is live outside that home now with the latest on justin, good morning.

>> aaron, good morning. this investigation, now, going into a second day. the home behind ouus, will see crime tape, is going around that perimeter. fairfax county police parked here in this driveway. investigators now lng for answers afterou three were f dead in this home yesterday. the call coming in about 6:15 last night. a man calling from this home off the 1000 block of safa street here in herndon, came home to say he found his two children, lying in a pool of blood. a wom was later found inside the home dead, a well. just after 9:00, police got the warrant to go inside, gathering evidence inside this me. at they're not saying right now is if this was a murder/suicide. they've also not yet made public the identifications of the victims or their relationships i at this . but back out live, as you are seeing here, police will have strong presence outside of this home, which is just off the

fairfax county parkwaynd route 7 here in the herndon area. e medical examiner will determine the cause of death for all threehe of people found dead inside the home. they do not believe the public isy in any saf risks because of what happened here last night. we're live in herndon. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you. your ntime now, 5:34. jury section continues in the d.c. mansion murders trial. th trial could last two months. darren went is charged with killing the family back in 2015. there's new fallout from the op-ed published in "the new york times." president trump calls it gutless that someoould not put their names on these explosive s. allegati the article questions president trump's fitness for office and paints a picture of chaos in the white house.

tracie potts will have reaction from capitol hl in aew minutes. despite the heat today, students ige prince orge's county will stay in class all day today. every school in the county released students yesterday because of the heat and the problem with the central cooling systems at certain schools. a spokesperson said it fixed many of the cooling systemes isyesterday. now, to video of a heart-stopping moment, a power line fell on a woman's car and caught fire. look at this, surveillance video shows people running to help her yesterday. the situation became more dangerous because the wires were still live.ir and the was spreading. look at that. we're told the woman is recovering in the hospital and will be okay. later today, we hope to learn the identit of a man found dead of being pinned against his home by his own car. it appears his bmw rolled dow the driveway in northwest washington. that car crashed into him and

the wall of his house. a relative found him yesterday morning befe callingpolice. they say he had been dead for some time, possibly overnight. montgomery county fire investigators are looking inin what caused a massive house fire in bethesda. this is a view of the afteath of thefire. the cause of the fire was likely accidental and started in the kitchen. the home had been under renovation w the famil not there at the time. >> it's 5:36. the rosters are finalized. fantasy teams are set. it must be time for football. tonight is kickoff of the 2018 nfl season. footll season. the first match is the super bowl champion philadelph eagles and the lanta falcons. you don't need to change the channel. you can eakeep it right here. the gametarts at 8:20, llowed by news at 11:00. >> the redskins go to arizona to

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> right now, a man is inolice custody after slamming his pickup truck into a dallas tv station. dallas police say michael frey hit that building yesterday morning but they don't believe heas targeting the media. witnesses say after the crash, frey was ranting andalhrowing of the flyers around before

surrendering to police. police say the flyers are about an officer-involved shooting that frey was connected to. bo happened in another texas city. was hurt by the truck. polic say a sexual predator used social media to track down teenage targets. he snuck into the home and went to pleasure himself. he was targeting the teens after seeing them at a danstudio. >> ward was able to identify where the victims lived as result of photographs that were posted on their social media accounts. >> police say just a d before this incident, ward was in court lswering for a similar crime fromt year.

the mother in this case, say parents nd to talk to their kids about what they're posting online. very scary. good morning, everybody. a 5:42 on thursday morning. time for the dog walking forecast. this guy, clyde, available for adoption at the humane 'rliance. if y interested in taking clyde for a walk for the rest of his days, look him up on the website. best time to wg,k a early this morning. short walks thiste oon. and a blazing hot finish to the day in the 90 ten-day forecast and a look at hurricane florence coming up a speaking up for security. a new app that lets students rert problems. po

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need to turn over the. auth it's him trying to drain the swamp and looking to fight back. the white house sa i, whoever thshould resign. who is it? we don't know. "the new york times" has kept im ans. as you noted, as you detailed, quite a few allegations that are in-line with the bob book that the president, and i'm quoting from the editorial here, ess been involved in half-baked, ill-informed, rec decisions. and aides have talked about using the 25th amendment to take him down. >> tracie, thank you. new this morning, a man tonvicted of assaulting the organize of l year's unite the right rally in charlottesville was fined just $1. take a look.vi this is o of the incidentng from wasn 2017. he suffered emotional trauma because pple made fun o him. a jury took that into

consideration and fined him $1 and no jail time. kessler says his legal team is looking at appealing. school in prince william county is under way. and this morning, we're learning about how too county s board is working to keep children safe. >> megan mcgrath is live in manassas with mor details. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. this is a one-year pilot program that is designed to increase and improve security on the elementary school level. armed retired police officers under this program, will serve as community safet officers in elementary schools across prince william county. the formall approas given by the school board last night. the program calls for a total o five community safety officers or csos, and one supervisor. they will wear uniforms that are different from county police officers. they will look different than county police officers. and the csos will rotate through

the elementary schools of the county. >> we hired three total. two community safety officers and one supervisor. we're in the process of hiring the remaining three. >> reporter: so, still some hiring toe done. but the pilot program has begun with those two csos already in rotation here in the county. back to you. >> megan, thank you. stafford county public schools are tapping into technology in an effort to make students safer. you can go to the tip line and type your ssage. you can choose a range of subjects, specify your school and t it goes annaonymouanonymo. >> hoping this one here, since it's on an p, we can get more because students like to use

apps. >>l officials say the app will only work if students and staff trust the administration. all right. someone we do trust, is you, chuck bell, with our forecast. we do. >> thank you. i'm glad to hear thh. i w could tell you it was going to be a lovely day to be outside today. that's not going to happen, unfortunately. another day, stuck in the steamer around here for today. tropical season is also at its statistical oak. and righ cue, the tropics have gotten more active. obviously, we've just had tropical storm gordon make landfall about 48 hours or so ago. now, florence has intensified. still way, hway, way oe in the middle of the atlantic. it's now a major hurricane, category three now, with 115-mile-per-hour sustained winds. it's no threat to land as of yet. here's the official forkast tr from the national hurricane center maintaining category f 3 strengt five

ys, maybe briefly and five days from now, tuesday of next week. bermuda is right there. folks on the islandf bermuda will have to watch this carefully. where it goesm there is of great interest to those along the east coast. so far too early to say it is officially a threat. most at this latitude this far out, most make the curvature and stay away from the east coast. but we will be watching that iosely for you. hurricane florenc the name you're looking out for. i'll show you where it may impact us on the teday. for thi morning, it's all about thean hazthe gunkiness. heat indexes of 100 or higher for most of the d.c. metro area. a sticky day to be outside today. 95 today, only 85 tomorrow.

and barely 75 on both saturday and sunday afternoon.fo unately, quite a high rain chance, especially saturday, could be on the rain and breezy side. we have a chance to dry out in the early and middle parts of next week. and if florence were to be a problem for ouus, it be in the thursday/friday timeframe ok next >> not going to get too nervous quite yet. chopper 4 over g.w. parkway. normal volume as we head into the 6:00 hour. outer loop, at georgia avenue, that has cle out of the way. no more work zone there. top of the beltway should recover pretty soon. as well.ee that delay, the rest of the beltway is looking good. upper marlboro, malfunctioning traffic lights. treat that as a stop if they're not able to geto it to fix it. inbound on 66 and only 95, very noor this time of morning.

still have this roadway. alexandria, outbound 395 at . semina as far as your travel time, 66 looks goods and so does 95. 270 south, no problem. the outer loop, you see the delay we were seeing on the map there, 40 miles per hour. wlisten to top when you hop in your car today. >> thank you. updateorhisng on the purpose line, that's the new tram-like train system that's being pilabuilt inand.da new betho carolton. until then, there's going to be construction across the counties. yesterday, the news 4 transportation reporter took a tour of the work. crews are digging out a tunnel along the bath of the train in the east silver spring area, right under arles street. residents say thed're frustrat

residents say they are frustrated. >> all day long, i wear ear ay plugs, allong. i wear the sound-canceling headphones. i thnot just a month or two. this is three years of dealing with this. >> the purple line is scheduled to be finished in 2022. go to purplelinemd.com. >> i know her pain. a lot of construction in my neighborhood. i get the sympathetic e-mails. sorry about the noise. >> growing pains all over if biking to work is about to get easier. capital bikes shares are testing out new electric posts. >> there wl be 80 of the e-bikes throughout the system. they hope it will be an option for commuters with longer rides. and it's easier for those with hills on their route. you can track down the electric

bike by using the share app. it's 5:53. no upsets at the u.s. open last night. but the heat made it hard for everyone. can you imagine playing tennis in this kind of weather? look at novak djokovic.'s ike, whatever. he didn't bother tgo to the locker room. djokovic would go on to win it in straight sets and advance tos the semifi good morning. walmart is testing whether a fleet of independent drivers could deliver groceries as it races to meet its goal of offering home delivery in more than 100 cities. the pilot program is similar to one like amazon, where drivers use their own carso drop off items. walmart had mixed success with previous attempts. it ended a same-day delivery program with uber and lyft earlier this year. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm contessa brewer.

>> thank you. an update, now, on the turn of some of the most recognized shoes ever, the rub red slippers used in the "the wizard of oz." we told you that the shoes were returned they went missing after a late-night robbery at the judy garland museum, in 2005. the smithsonian helped authenticate the shoes that were return. the smithsonian had a mismatched pair in its collection. and the stolen pair was also mismatched. >> so, we were lucky enough to have the other pair of shoes brought here. and we were comparing the tw t they were abfind that they are consistent with the pair we have. >> the fbi says no one has been arrested or charged in the case but they haveultiple suspects. what is better than a box of chocolates? >> few things. how about a carnival of chocolate?en molette gs live with details on this amazing event. and who benefits from the sales

this weekend. and you are speaking my you know it. >> i know it. i know you like the dark chocolate. i have a whole sprea of it here for you, eun. it's a little early for wine i the morning. never too early for chocolate, right? okay. my goodness we have chocolate all around us. and we're giving a little preview of the carnival ofoc ates here. a whole array. what do you have for me? >> maple bacon. >> maple bacon caramel chocolate. i'm going to try this and talk out the greatauseonnected to this fund-raiser, coming up next on news 4today, at 6:00. >> eating chocolate for a great cause, sign me up. thank you, molette. ad a on news 4 today, we're working with you for ways on can keep your child safe. a self-service instructor shows us how to protect yourselves and our children.

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> and that weather alert, all about the soaring temperatures, showing no signs of cooling down. we're in for another day of this. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. that's approaching 6:00 a.m. and this could be the hottest day of the wee yet. melissa looking at the commute for us.t

but let's stth chuck bell and how hot it's going to get today. >> your nbc washington app from the app store and get your storm team 4 forecast. that's a mouthful. four things you need to kouw the weather. another steamy start to the day today. today, likely to be the hottest day of the week. we were 94 twice and 93 once already this week. forecasting 95 today. this will be the top h of thet wave and it will be the end of the heat wave. heat index, 100-105. we get rid of the heat but your afternoon plans better include a tent. annapolis up 8 to 80 degrees. the school day forecast, maybe an indoor recess because it will be too hot. heat indexes close to 100 b