documebout brett kavanaugh. parents voicing concerns that a new netflix show for teens might no be. what your child could be watching. it is 4:00 a.m. it's been a long week, folks. a sho week but a long week. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eunyang. the weekend is forecast approaching. but can we expect a break from all the heat? >> yes. >> we haven't askedt.huck >> that's what i feel. >> and melissahe checking commute for us. >> stay on your own turf, aaron. when i got out of the car in the parking lot, i was like -- >> i didn't know if we were imagining things. >> we've had four or five ds in a row, 90 or higher. the 0-9day stretch.

most will be in the 80s. nothing happening on radar close by just yet. that will behaing as deep, tropical moisture, what's left of gilbert -- gordon -- gilbert - gordon. gordon, starting with a good portion of the weekend. temperatures are steamy this morning. we're i the mid to upper 70s now. l afternoon high today, stt. 89 degrees. the average is 83. rain and thunderstorms becoming likely be this afternoon. and it could be rainy for your friday night. more about all that and the impact on temperatures coming up. good mornin melissa. >> good morning, mr. bell. a problem may c haveared ouft the way. we're keeping an eye on this one. we had new york at montana ra avenue, with a blocking all lanes. it popped up and disappeared from our system. the outer loop between connecticut and old gorgetown,

two left lanes getting b that work zone. and outer route to northbound 270. inner loop work zone just it's 4:02. and a developing story in d.c. a child is recoverying when a stay bullet hit her in southeas >> you can see markers on the ground where the police found shell casings. the child isec ed to be okay. it's not clear who is intended target was. police do not have a good description of the shooter. an emergency on a school bus ended with a child dying before the hospital. this is when the bus was stopped. there was only one child when the medical emergency happened. the boy was rushed to the w hospital but i too late. people living in that area were shocked to find out what

happened. >> you don't want to see anybody struck out. >> the medical examiner will determine the child's cause of death. fairfax county schools is cooperat with police. details onhat weear from neighbors and police dispatch calls, she suspected on killing them and thenherself. fairfax county police say all three victimsie from gunshot wounds. the mother's dy was found upstairs. neighbors are still in shock. >> this isreally, really sad. >> the woman's brother spoke to our news partner, wtop. he said the nephews were around 9 and 11 years old. he said his sister had a law degree. we have new information on

the death of an accused killer. tyler tessier was found dead hours before heas set to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. official from tepartment of corrections said earlier yesterday morning he hanged himself using a bedsheet. he said that he woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for he was given breakfast 45 minutes later and was found dead ten minutes after that. this is the second suicide at the jail this year. >> anytime you have a that's a problem, hanging is the most prevalent way thauicide is committed inside a correctional environment. anytime there's a loss of life in our facilities, we take that very serisly. >> officials say police found notes in tessier's ll. in them, he contemplated suicide. eventually the notes will be

released. we'll hear from laura wallen's family. she's the one tessier is accused killin breaking news, we're learning about two large rthquakes. >> one in south america, the other in japan.e families wrecovering from jebi.on now, japan's been hit againy a 6.7 earthquake. and rescuers are using trained dogs to try to find survivors. at least 16 people are dead with 20 to 30 others still missing. the quick left the island at a n till. no phones and no trains. also major power stage has been challenged and it hit ecuador. last night's quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2. so far on that e, no early reports of damage. we turn t capithill, where tensions run high on the

final day of grling of supreme cot nominee brett kavanaugh. yesterday, cory booker said that he planned to release a document about racial profiling. that's despite the fact its release would violate senate rules. republicans fired back on booker's political ambitions. >> i'm going to release the e-mail o racial profiling. >> running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the senate. >> in one of the documents, kavanaugge sed legal scholars do not consider roe versus wade settled law. and capitol police arrested 70 protesters. president trump is accusing "the new york times" of treason. late last night at a rally in

montana, he demanded the paper reveal the anonymous source inside his t administratiot wrote that damning op-ed this week. e paper revealed it was a senior level officials. so far, nearly o all his senior level officials have gone on the record denying it was them. the president was in montana campaigning on behalf of republicans for november. he warned that if democrats win in the midterm elections, he could be in danger of mpeachment and that would be bad for the country. >> a country that will turn into a third-world country because if the oppositty par becomes president, they'll say, we want to impeach him. >> the president said "the icmes" op-ed did nothing but help him up support from his base. the president will not answer investigators' questions whether he tried to block the russia investigation. rudy giuliani told the press questions off obstruction

justice, inne erperson or in writing, were a no go. he rejects robert mueller's efforts to interview the president to try to stop the probe into the 2016 election. president trump and the first lady will mark 17 years since the 9/11 attack, at the memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania, where the 43 crashed. they took action to stop it from reaching washington, d.c. they all died. arly 3,000 people were killed on september 11th, 2001, when hijackers flew airplanes into the world trade center, the pentagon and that field in pennsylvania. the face of "info wars," alex jones is taking on twitter. twitter banned joen ened jones e behavior. he showed up at a hearing and heckled senator marco rubio. >> don't touch me agai man. >> i just patted you nicely.

>> i d't know who you are. >> jones has a history of making conspiracy theorist claims. one that the sdy hook school shooting was staged. youtube removed his accounts last month. the landmark discovery in is undersilver spring new ownership. the ten-story building at georgia avenue was the rnerstone of silver spring revitalization. the building was hosold for $70 mil million. a mass media company is moving its headquarters to manhattan. but a hub of the company has signed a n lease at the silver spring metro plaza. leaders allver the d.c. area sound confident about laaming azon's new rs headquar there's 20 different locations on the short list for the new headquarters. ourha leaders believeit will land in montgomery county, the district or northern virginia. that could move 50,000 new jobs.

other locals businesse see competition from a giant like amazon, but they're also seeing unities. >> i think it's going to attract a lot of people to come to this area. >> bring someone like amazon into the area just ges us more of a nucleus by which we can partner with and team with. >> maryland governor larry hogan called landing the headquarters the biggest economic developmenn opporty of our lifetime. amazon has not set a date for announcing where thead arters will be. the speculation is that the announcement cld come in october. >> it's valuedt a trillion dollars. you can only manageow much more it can grow. >> it could go several places in this area. >> yeah. please, come. >> right. it was a late start for the 2018 nfl season last night. >> weather pushed back kickoff. but we had our first real game

of the season in philly last night. fireworks for the defending super bowl champions, the eagles, unveile their super bowl boanner for the fan there'. the game didn't start until af r 9:00. the story of the game was defense. both teams put up good efforts. it was the defending champs to get the win here. the eagles beat the falcons 18-12. this game isn't end until about 12:25. that's the end of that story. >> there you go. the falcons could not score a touchdown. i don't know what was happening. it was lik last season -- the playoffs. still ahead, another major american company makes the move to get rid of straws. caught an camera, a nastyst m hits europe, leading to devastating flooding. and looking back on the life of hollywood icon burt reynolds. good morning, everybody. i mentioned that a flash flood watch has been issued for the

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measures this year. i was at starbucks getting an iced coffee. i reached forhe straw and my son said, don't get the straw. i had to check myself. >> how do you stir it? >> just drink it. >> you have to stir it. put your finger in there. we're getting new the video of two major weather events. >> we want to look at this video showing flooding in barcona. a big thunderstorm rolled through the city yesterday morning. trash bins were aoverturned parked cars were submerged in floodwaters. >> a lot of in northern california, firefighters are having a tough time getting ahead of the delta fire. that wildfire has burned 22,000 acres and is 0% contained. this is some of the newest video of the fire. fire officials say five structures have been destroyed. the u.s. forest service says 60a firefighte battling that fire. we've been talking about so many

different wdfires out st. it's a tough time for them, yeah. >> they had a lot of rainea or so ago. that inspires a lot of low growth. y go drive, there's a lot of fuel for the fire. >> he knows. meanwhile, here at home, it's 78 degrees. it doesn't feel like it. yesterday 78 felt different from today's 78. >> lord. i don't know if i have time to explain all this. >> that's what you're here for, chuck. >> it's the same. >> is it the barometric pressure? >> nothing has chchanged. ge is coming, though, i promise. happy eels better, i am for you. it's technically the same, just so you know. good lord. it's 78ut degreesde just like yesterday. the difference is today most areas will not get back above 90 degrees. that's a step in the right direction. this weather front to our north promises a very high chance for

ght, but only to through much of the weekend, as a little wedge of cooler air sets up shop around here during the day tomorrow. enjoy the dry hours while we have them today. eventually rain is going to find its way to your b backyard some point later on this evening. here's future weather, then. a dry start and dry morning. dry through lunchtime into the middle and later parts of the amp afternoon. 's 4:00. maybe a pop-up shower around town. most of the rain is to our west at 4:00 in the afternoon. rain is going to come into a pretty good line. and then, that will encroach on the i-95 corridor. as a potential for heavy rain f flasod watches for parts of the shenandoah valley. we're in the midpp to 70s now. it is cooler in the shenandoah l . high, today, still warm, 89 degrees. but look at that weekend. way cooler. mid-70s tomor morning.

temperatures will fall saturday afternoon into the mi60s. we may not get above 70 degrees on sunday. ck to warm and humid next week. and florence woucould be a real uoblem. more comin on that in the next half hour. good morning, melissa. how do things feel for you this morning? >> i'm not going to argue. if you say 78, i believe you. bethesda, two left lanes are getting by. rest of the beltway nice and clear. fredericksburg, southbound i-95, a csh blocking the right side. 66 into town, fairfax countyy parko the beltway, no problems. we'll look at couple of work zones coming up. >> i need you to pick a side, melissa. >> she's not going to pick a side. >> still ahead, the wro message. that is exactly what some parents think a new netflix show madeor teens could be sending. what you need to know about

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it's called "insatiable." and critics are accusing the teen comedy of fat-shaming. justin finch on the storyis tha ot using enough care to handle sensitive subjects. >> patty-patty is huge. >> reporter: meetpatty, the lead of "insatiable," a teen that is overseen and overlooked because of her body. that's until her jaw was wired afteratn ck, leaving her suddenly slim and vengeful. >> where is patt >>patty's hot. >> i pictured myself watching it

when i was in high school, when i was struggling with my issues at the time. and i imagine i would have seen that andould have wanted to be like the main character. >> jennifer is a therapy specializing in eating does orders. a few of her clients find " "insatiable triggering." >> i began my eating disordero ge approval by others and for a guy. to see something to be validated as okay, i scary. >> reporter: she worries that young people watching "insatiable" may see thinness glamorized and heavy as shamed. what she calls unhealthy messages. an online growing petition is asking netflix to cancel theri . the goal for "ineatiable" was

r to hurt anyone, but instead, high liglghighlight ths that those with body image have every day. sick at school. dozens of students in the hospital after an outdoor practice. why the field could be to blame for making their illnes worse. another airline outbreak. more on the symoms they were showing coming up. happy friday, everybody. we're going to be making the very familiar trade, from 90-degreig weather to rain chances. the rain adrirrivining later ths

right now at 4:29,me a dead cal emergency onboard a school buss. new details about the death of a child on their way home from school. afterays ofheat, a cooldown is coming. storm team 4 is tracking the changes in temperatures and the rain comingur way thi weekend. and the mystics' first trip to the finals could be d.c.'s arird championship this summer. >> "news 4 today" now. >> i would tove to see mystics win. >> it would be nice. >> amazing. >> abo30 now. welcome to your friday. we're working for you to get you

and ther the day weekend ahead. that's going to start with a look at the forecast and the commute with chuck and melissa. >> what kind of changes are we talking about here, mr. bell? >>et the good news is, our s of 90-degree days, if not already over, will be coming to an endtoday. i'm forecasting 89 degrees today. close to 90. it will feel like it's in the 90s, until 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. not much going on on sto team 4 radar. there are showers across parts of ohio and southern west virginia. weather systef a that's moving our direction. your rain chances are going up as your frida progresses. most will be dry in the afternoon hours, but rain becos likely thi evening. a dry start to the day today. 4 in winchester, and 78 in arlington. school day forecast for kiddos, sun's up at 6:42 this morning. outdoor recess, wante to put