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 sun

sunblock on. not much of a rain chance before 3:00, so, not much need f an umbrella. more about the wkend rain chances, coming up. good morning, mr. bell. rosslyn, right lane closures. right laneed cl along 66, the bridge over the ramp, from northbound 110 to westbound 166. and from southbound g.w. parkway to eastbound 66. they're doing a bridge replacement project. and that will kick into gearayn mo morning. al the beltway, we had a par closure because of the roadwork up top. no t problems beltway. and in ksfrederrg, southbound 95 after 3. we're following two developing stories this amornin. hild is recovering after a

gunshot wound. >> this ice the sne on langston place. police are talking to witnesses, marking shell casings and marking evidence. a stray bullet hit a child in the ankle. it's not clear who the intended target was. police tell us, they don't have a good description of the shooter. our other story out of fairfax county, this morning. that's where a medical emergency on a school bus ended with the death of a child.ce pond pair mettics were called out to dulles stationbo evard in herndon. pair mettics took thehild off the bus and rushed him to the hospital where he later died. so far, it's not clear how many adults, other than the driver, may have been on the tus at time. the medical examiner is working to determine a cause of death. the school system released a statement saying it is cooperating with police. breaking news in baltimore, now. a business celebrating its 150th

anversary thisyear, destroyed by fire. bad one this is a we spoke with baltimore fire officials at the scene. they had to call in multipl units to try to fight this fire. look at the pictures. you can see how bad it is. this is on south broadway. th is the main drag. the call came in a little after midnight. this is a paint stop called budeke's paint. that's not the extent of the damage. the fire also got to a church. closure for a family this morning. the n accused of kidnapping young girl and her grandmother led police to their bodies one month after they disappeared. they were last seen in harrisonburg, virginia, in early

august. police found their bodies on wednday. he was captured in pennsylvania in august. the family gave prosecutors peission to mak plea deal. we're getting closer to finding out who will sit on the in the trial of the man charged i the d.c. mansion murders. darren went is accused of kiing three family members and a housekeeper before setting that house on fire. attorns on both sid questioned the potential pool of jurors. asked was questions whether they heard or read about the case. most people said they had. the judge asked if the coverage of the case impacted their impartiality. the trial could start on tuesday. 's now 4:34. here's the other top stories this morning. we know what happened just minutes before tyler tessier wai found dead his cell. he is a man charged in the death

of his pregnant girlfriend, who was a teacher in howard county a year ago. montgomery couy department of rrections officials say tessier woke up and had breakfast 45 m later and was found dead ten minutes after that. they say he hanged himself using aet beds new details on a death of two children and a woman in herndon this week. what we're hearing, the woman was the boys' mother and is suspected of killing them and then herself. the father found his two sons dead on wednesday night. all three victims died from gunshot wounds. today, 28 experts are expected to testify on the final day of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. yesterday was kavanaugh's last day in the hot seat. and for-s the thiaight day capitol police arrested nearly 70 proteste. last night, president trump praised kavanaugh's progress toward confirmation and slammed

"the new york time coming up, tracie potts will have the latest from capitol omhill. a is out of the hospital after barely escaping her burning car. this iseo surveillance vrom wednesday. a power line fell on that woman's car. e jumped out when the fire started. and people nearby rusheag to hep er away from the ames. pepco is investigating what happened here. if a power line evealls on your car, pepco says it's important to stay in your vehicle and call for help. if a fire starts, you should jump out. do your best not to touch your car as you jump to safety. and you need to shuffleour feet, don't take full steps, as you run away because theround my be energy ized. tonight, a historic game for th washington mystics. it will take on the storm in the first wnba finals.

the mystics tweeted this. the storm may look strong after secuheng their spot in finals earlier in the week. but the mystics are riding high after taking down the atlanta dream i the semifinals. game one tips off in seattle at 9:00. >> this could be thehird championship for teams in washington. >> crossing ourfingers. turf trouble. the newly renovated field under ar. whyit's being blamed for students going to the hospital. this is the hero who jumped into action during a school shooting. coming up, t schoolresource

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flu-like symptoms on a flight to philadelphia. >> 12 people had to be taken off of the flighfter landing at philadelphia international. this ces a day after a flight from dubai was quarantined in new york on jfk. the new york passengers were suffering from the a marching band practice in west virginia put more kids in the hospital than any football game they played at. >> more than three dozen were senteco the hospitalse of the heat and a new addition to the school. this is theew football field at john marshal high school. shec athleti director said the rurf i usually 20 to 25 degrees hotter than the temperature. the marching band has been practicing on the grass field. one day on the new turf and schools administratre looking at saf tions. >> the turf is going to hold the heat more than grass would.

we need to hav- - use better judgment when we look at this. you use different times to come out on the field. >> most were treated for dehydration and heat exhaustion. the school will look into better options. you kn, my kids practice hocker and play on a turf field. and it is hotter outhere on the turf. it's made from these tires. i think it absorbs the heat. >> risky in this incident. let's c go ck. >> all right. another saturday in the fall. .hat means college footba the tribe of william and mary are in blacksburg taking on the hokies. 70% chance for rain down there in blacksburg.

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times" op-ed against him this week. >> at last night's rally in montana, he de"tnded t new york times" release the names. >> the latest act of resistance is the op-ed published in the failing "new york times" by an anonymoan ymous, gutless coward. he was -- nobod knows who the hell he is or she. he put he,aybe that's a little disguise, probably a she. but for the sake of o national security, "the new york times" should publish his name. >> news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning with action. tracie, who has come forward so far to deny that he or she penned this op-ed? >> a lot of people here. administration officials, 2 of them, and counting. most of them cabinet members, high-level officials in the

trump administration, coming forward to say, it not me. i didn't write it. and many of them also adding wrote iy think whoever should step down. here on capitol hill, republicans and some democrats say they're uncomfortable with this secrecy here. the person should go public witd their name resign if they don't like where the president is taking this country. if they don't like working for him. they should make it public. "the new york times" saying only a few people within their organization know the identity of the editorial writer. and they have no plans to refeel th reveal this whatsoever. you heard the presi nt there criticizing and saying whoever did this is threatening national security. he's bearing down "ne new york times" to reveal the name. but as of this morning, weav no idea. >> all right, tracie potts, live on capitol hill for us. tracie thank you. 4:47 right now. on monday, bob woodward give his first live interview on the "today" show since parts of

his book were leaked earlier this week. s interview will be at 7:00 a.m., following "news 4 today." we're following breaking news in brazil. presidential front-runner is recovering after being stabbed at a rally. now, we're about to showou some video of the stabbing. we want to warn you, some of you could find this isturbing. th in the southern part of the country. we learned the attacker stabbed him from the front. he was able to be rushed away by some of his supporters. you can see the crowd there trying to push through and get him out of ttre into t car. but just overnight, he was able to post this photo to his twitter account. it shows him in the hospital giving a thumbs up. the man has posted ras on social media against him. >> chris laurnwrence at the liv

desk, thank you. new video thisorning of prince george's county police taking down a man, wanted forab ng someone at a target and holding a woman hostage. this is a story we first brought you last week. the videohows an off-duty police officer that happened to be working security that day with his weapon drawn. police say 26-year-old curtis marbury green had just stabbed a friend. a group of aufleofficers zeroing in and taking him down with a taser. he is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and other related charges. only on news 4, as a new school year begins in st. mary's county, maryla, pain remains. six months ago, great mills aigh school w scene of a deadly

shooting. and the police officer who ran toward the shooting speaks out. it was his firstear as a school resource officer. as the bullet flu, ew, he ran towards the gunfire. but the whole ordeal left his daughter rattled. >> she was concerned and crying. she gets nervous for me to go to work, period. >> the capital was awarded a special commendation. you can watch the whole interview in the nbc washington app. the teen who pushed her friend off of a bridgeill be in front of a judge. you might remember this vide taylor smith pushed her friend off the bridge when she was too scared to jump into the water below. the teen fell 60 feet, broke six ribs and fupunctured a lung. smith was charged with oneofount reckless endangerment.

a newwist in the gofundme fight between a homess man and a couple. the veteran will get the full $400,000 donated to him. johnny bobbit jr. has b locked in a dispute with a new jersey couple. the couple started a gofundme campaign for him after he use s last $20 to buy gas for mcclure. he took the couple to court after theynly gave him $75,000 of that money. sterday, authorities raided the couple's home, carting away eviden and a newbmw. the two are now under investigation for allegedly misusing funds. as ofrg right now, no c have been filed. more than a dozen d.c. restaurants are being honored by one of the top dining guides in te world. an best part, you can have a two-course mea at any of these restaurants for under $40,

which is a feat her in d.c. mitch ly michelin just added 19 to its gourmand list. they are considered exceptional at aow price. the new additions included chloe. that's by you. fancy radish, maydan, and unconventional diner. d.c. has 39 restaurants on the gourmand list. michelin released the starred restaurants next week. so many great options to choose from, the red hen, hazel. >> we've done hazel and unconventional diner. i like it. not terribly expensive. >> that's the key. >> no ia what you'r talking about. >> we need to go out to eat. >> just a real quick -- i'm going to moderate a panel for the smithsonian on this michelin

guy. >> would you like to know about the hurricane? >> yes, i would like to know about the hurricane. chuck bell? hurricane florenceas been for now. it will become a hurricane once again. it's been encountering wind shear over the last 24 hours. that's the reason it's reduced in speed and intensity for just a bit. there's a wide range of possibilities for this storm. trmuda there, looks like it's going to g the south of bermuda. there's ast lot of reale to make a turn and potentially go back out to sea. as it continues to work its way towards the u.s. coastline, we will have to watch this real careful. anywhere from savannah, georgia, to the jersey shore. if it was going to threaten the coast, it could affect the carolinas in the

wednesday-thursday timeframe. this is a storm we have to watch careful. what was left of gordon, that deep, tropical moisture will be drifting over us, just in timer for y weekend. the rain chances are going up. not much of a rain chance during the daylight hours today. but the rain is becoming more and more likely by this evening. your future weather. not much going on before 3:00 th afternoon. showers likely by 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 this evening. rain could be briefly heavy at times. on and off and through the day tomorrow. flashl flood watches for the shenandoah valley. doesn't affect the d.c. metro area yet, but the flash flood watch may have to be expanded. there's your forecast showery and cool weekend. warm ahead of florence next week. looking at the btway here. no problems right now. inner loop or outer loop.

270 southbound,own to the spur, nice and clear here. had earlier roadwork that's now good evening. northbound on 270, that's looking good, as well. 66, , no major isfes. speakingorthern virginia. the spring field golf and country club had me out. they meet each months. all over the area t haves of interesting event events. alked about my career path, and the station and i was honored to chat with them. ♪ yes. remember these guys, the step team from elean roosevelt high school. made their mar on the national stage. roosevelt high school appearing on nbc's "world of dance" earlier this year. >> the raider boyz.

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show made for teens maybe sending the wrong message. what you should know about what your childould be watching. it is 4:00 a.m. it's been a long week, folks. a short week but a long week. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. the weekend is forecast approaching. but can we expect a break from all the heat?>> melissa with our commute. we'll start with chuck bell and a word about this heat. chuck? >> it's ending. >> good. >> just a word? >> just word. he'se trying to cool, you know. temperatures will be trending downward, as we head into the good-bye to the 90s and good riddance to the 90s. ipt it's ser for crying out loud. our heat wave coming to an end. it's going to bear plenty and humid today. but the rainy weekend ahead will be cooler. temperatures will fall into the 60s tomorrow wit the rain coming in. flash flood watches have been