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changing and that may make them harder to ot. >> the tree is blocking the camera, take a look up on the pole, there it is, a lot ca these meras, moving to new spots. >> yes. take a good look. >> some of thecity's speed cameras now watching from a perch. >> i mig have been victim of that this weekend. we'll wait and see. >> these cameras are departure from the boxy and fixed position speed cameras that many of us have gotten used to. according to the manufacturer, american traffic solutions, v ty arry high-tech, complete with high resolution sensors and 3-d capability. >> the radar is able to track the position of 25 vehicles. >> what am i going to say? it's their right to enforce the speed limit. and i guess it our obligation to respect po. >> d.cce couldn't tell us how many of these new cameras are being used, they are in

position where those boxy cameras were vandalized in the past. we know in places like massachusetts avenue and upton w street not, they've shown up. some are not happy about it.>> no, no, i prefer th tcamera is nre. no, no. >> others simply say, if you don't want a speed camera ticket, don't speed. in northwest, news 4. >> these cameras carry a punch. fines for speeding in the district can be as high as $250. a new fire chief took the helm this week in fairfax county, he takes over the department as it tries to recover from recent complaints. chris gordon reports it's a probl that caused one firefighter to take her own life. >> congratulations. >> the chief brings leadership skills to the fairfax county fire and rescue department which is called upon to help in emergencies allaround the

world. but the department's reputation has been tarnished in cent years by complaints and lawsuits about sexualharassment and bullying. in 2016 firefighter nicole miten dorf took her own life after sexually explicit comments about her made by firefighters. >> there is alture of, we're not going to tolerate bullying or cyber bullying. we're not going to tolerate it. >> as howard county maryland fire chief, butler hired the most diverse firefighteric paramraining class in history. >> i didn't do much but brng an idea that had buy in from an organization that rallied around that idea and shared vision. and the organization took it forward. >> brian hill who has only been january have ce been targeted by racially s offensive po social media.

>> i believe we have hired this chief to incorporate our tenets of the board of supervisors to make everybody racially andbl qui the same. u> we realize that it is early for chiefer to have all the answers, how he will address history of complaints about sexual harassment, and bullyingr hed at the end and simply said, i'm going to lead. that's thefalatest fromfax county, chris gordon news 4. >> a little more about chief butler. he came to the united states from liberia as a young boy to escape a violent coup in that country. he received john hopkins university global achievement award for his humanitarian wo in africa. all the kids in our area are now back in school, that includesstudents in prince georges county. there's new leadership and new excitement there. tracy wilkins talked with the

school system's interim o about her plans for the upcoming rsar. >> it's the f day of school in prince georges county. >> and prines georg county schools alum monica goalson is already making a positive impression. >> she a strong woman. i think she's going to do good. >> over the summer, she replaced former school ceo kevin maxwell, who became a political lightning rod after a number of highly politicizeal sca including large pay raises, practices are now being supervised by state thauditors. >> auditors are here to make sure we take those recommendations seriously. which we have, i'm excited what that audit will be, and if ina re things we continue to need to work on, we will do that. >> students are walking into a completely renovated building. >> i'm very excited. meanwhile, students of district

ts elementary have been moved to vacant high. after the building was proven unsafe and making students sick after attempts to fix it. >> we know we have an aging infrastructure, and we have to do something to make sure that h ges. >> today was a showing of political unity. chris van harlan, the winner of the democratic nomination toured goalson.ools with >> we're optimistic about focusing laser like on the needs of children this year. >> this has allowed our community members to see that we're working together. >> the focus is on students for this school year, it's about raisng teacher's salary. they dismissed some people from her staff in order to help pay for increased salari >> tracy wilkins, news 4. >> the interim ceo made $1 million in cuts to the school's central office staff. he's expected to start a process very shortly, looking into how that money and other resources can be filtered into raising salaries in the schools. when we come back, no ticket

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down the histories of some of their kids former teache. >> negative and negative is a positive. so plus two. >> with summer vacation over, theays are more hectic for carrie knapp and her daughters. that includes learning a lot of new names when it comes to teachers. >> especially because i have a middle schooler. >> in virginia, with just a few clicks and less than a minute at her computer, she can find out a lot aboutwho's teaching her child. here on the virginia department of educatn's web portal, can you check the degree of any schoolteacher. thech te's special area of study. >> they're going to be there what, eight hours a day? so i want to sure that they ase with someone who is trustworthy andood morals. >> you can also find the names of teachers stripped of their licenses for misconduct. something the news 4 i team has investigated over the past two years. >> at the start of the 2018,

2019 school year, the commonwealth of virginia has revoked or cancelled the licenses of more than 500 virginia teachers sce 2000. about 170 maryland teachers lost their licenses, things have changed in that state. >> after our i teamreports, the maryland department of education began posting the names of alls teachom whom it's revoked a license from misconduct. there's a link in the bottom ndght, you click on it,ou will see all of the names of those teachers and the school districts in which tey worked and the dates the licenses were revoked. maryla does not have one of those online portals, which you can check the license of all the other teachers in this state, for that, you have to e-mail or call the state department of education itself. the same for d.c. parents there's no online search for license in d.c. either. instead, requiring a call or e-mail to the da superintendent. >> it takes a lot to g someone's license revoked.

parentsust be vigilant and do their homework. they do suspect somethingngs writh a teacher who suddenly left a school, because discovered school districts don't announce publicly when a teacher's license has been revoked. >> when you ha someone's license revoked for inappropriate conduct with children, it sould be taken very, very, very seriously. >> parents won't find any teachers with revoked licenses in the district. because d.c. officialsre still finalizing policies that will allow them to yank a liceige. oring states have been doing so for decades. >> it's important, these are the people that are shaping our kids minds. know that someone hasn't committed a felony. >> this summer, the i team found 900 d.c. public schoolteachers who are working without required licenses. and for hundre of d.c. charter schoolteachers. turns out licenses aren't necessary for the all. >> in virginia, state

legislators have approved a new law, making it easier and more efficient to revoke a teacher license for misconduct. that was a direct response to our i team investigations. to find the updated list, find the nbc washington app. was the er this week first week back to school for your kids, or the second or third for that matter. there's a good chance they came home hungry. consumer report susan hogan is working for you with the best way to fuel up your kids for success. >> when my son jack, 14 years d, e came home and told me he has lunch at 10:20 in the i mornin like, i just fed you breakfast not too soon before that. what's sustaining you for the day. so dr. taylor wallace is joining us. there are a lot of prents in my situation, who have kids that eat breakfast early and then lunch early. >> we prepared a couple options

for you. protein. thotein helps kids maintain focus throughout day. the other thing is going to be fiber. so here we've got some instant oatmeal, plane oatmeal, not the one with a lot of sugar in it. we sweetened it with blueberries and honey. >> also eggs. remember how eggs were bad for you? yeah, that was fake news. eggs are actually really really od for kids. they have this vitamin in the yoke, and it's very important for brain development. here what we h se ise egg cups, we snuck some vegetables into the egg cups, always important to sneak vegetables in there many. >> these things you can prepare d have them pick at them throughout the week. >> what's the best thing to maintain some good energy for them? >>so over here in the lunch options, weehave some wh

wheat wraps or sandwiches, focus on the whole grains, the fiber and it keeps them from being hungry throughout the day. we chose some deli lunchmeat, we got them from the deli counter, not the ones in the freezer aisle. we wanted low sodium. a lot of the processed meets have a lot of sodium ine. th we have some savocados,eaking some fruits on those sandwiches. and karcarrots with hummess. you can replace mayo on a sandwich and use hummus. kids really like it. >> when i was telling jack a few of our items we were goi to have today. he never would have eaten an avocado or hummus, because o the way it looks. i snuck it on his sandwich the other day, hq loved it. he had no idea what he was eating. ons a great idea to sneak i and see what happens. >> the nice thing about hummus

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for the day. >> i enjoyed that more than any other part of the job, looking ople in the eye, and shaking their hand and hearing what they're concerned about. t>> i think w excites me most is just getting a chance to shake the hands of voters. look them in the eye and talk to them about the issues. >> they were trying to drum up support in montgomery county, a jurisdiction critical in most statewide elections. and the only county were jealous, the democrat holds a incumbent. >> just excited to get out here and meet some folks. and see them one on one. >> hogan a double-digit lead statewide and the governor has an advantage in campaign money. >> money dplsn't vote. pevote. >> and what i know, having defied all of the polls in the primary is that polls don't vote either. >> bth candidates took time to take pictures with union members during the parade, and they weren't the only politicians at

today's parade.ie jam raskin and chris van hollen alsooined in. election day is november 6th many early voting is october 25th. mark seagraves news 4. > forhe record, hogan and jallos aren't the only two winnin there are two independent partiesn ng. we're going to leave you now with pictures from the kensington labor day parade. thanks for joining us. have a great week.

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