meagan fitzgerald is there with more. what do you know, meagan? >> reporter: aaron and eun, police tell us this happened at 1:00 this morning. you can see the overturned tractor-trailer. if there is a bit of good news, the fact that it happened on the right hand shoulder of the lane. not affecting traffic as badly as it could. what's happening now. crews are going inside that tractor-trailer to try to move out all of the contents of tractor-trailer which was boxes of trash bags. they're throwing it into a dump truck. they tell us they're doing this so that they're able to lift up that tractor-trailer and haul it out of but they're not going to do that until after rush hour at 9:00 this morning, they're going to block off three of the four lanes on 495 northbound here at the river road exit. so they're asking folks to avoid the area at 9:00 if possible. that process will take about an hour to clear this scene here. we're told the driver was charged with negligent driving. no injuries to report. back to you. >> meagan, thank you. >>> we also have an

this shouldn't be a secret. >> host: let's go back to sister meagan, and greg and mike. the action they took that night was a cloud share action. tell us what thought is? >> this action is an intrepid, screening of resilliant. they decided what was necessary to call public attention to nuclear weapons was breaking into these facilities. the first such action was just before reagan was elected in 1980. and there have been a dozen since 1980. the one i tell in the book was the most recent in 2012. the idea was take the words of the book of isaiah and transform devices of war and devices of peace was really the manit -- mantra they were trying to, and this is the word they used, in flesh the words of god. it was symbolic but literally as well. they brought sledge hammers not trying to get into the building but chipping away at the foundation of the building because they believed the words of isaiah was something people should be doing in real life. in their mind, that was the place that manufacturers bombs and this was the latest in the movement which began in 1980. >> in m

meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> i'm kristin wright at the live desk.maker mylan says it will make a generic version of the epipen and release it within the next few weeks. the generic version they say will cost $300 for that two pack which we've been telling you the drug maker raised to $600 over the past several years, prompting a lot of outrage everywhere. so some good news on that front. back to you. >>> all right. thank you. let's get right to chuck bell. 300,000-plus kids going back school today around here. >> get them on the bus. >> 179 days to summer vacation. you got to start that countdown early. outside is the good looking day for the first day of school. no rain to worry about across the area this morning. kids can leave the umbrellas at home. mostly sunny sky but man has it been warm. our fourth heat wave of the summer continues on into today, tomorrow, on into the middle of the week. august is still 4 1/2 degrees warmer than average and now still tied with august of 1980 for the warm he have august on record with a couple of hot days to f

short did not show up to lunch with a family member and police officers found meagan, husband mark andhildren and dog shot to death inside the family home. >> in shock and could not sleep because i was so up set. >> reporter: doesn't know the family but brought to tears thinking about what happened. >> just don't understand that stuff. >> reporter: the burkes county district attorney says what is believed to be handwritten murder suicide note was found inside and a handgun near one of the adults, awe aut authorities said they did not know who carried out the shooting. >> she was the sweetest little girl and you can never imagine anything like this would happen to her. >> reporter: the couple's two-year-old daughter willow received a heart transplant when she was less than a week old and she had published from a family with congenital heart defects and offered support to other families caring for a child like hers writing i don't think ptsd ever goes away but with therapy and medication and the right support it begins to loosen the grip on me, as i work on my own mental healing wanted t

>> i'm meagan fitzgeraldang gof. >> we're in for another hot y. tom, what's the rest of the day going to look like? >> it's not going to be quite as humid as it has been the last several days. it's a soft and serene sunday morning. live view from the tower camera, friendship heights, and off in the horizon is bethat he is da -- bethesda. it is rather humid, but not a sweltering humidity we've seen the last number of days. temperatures now climbing into the 70s from the shenandoah valley all the way to the chesapeake bay, reagan national is up to 77 degrees. hour by hour temperatures climbing into the mid 80s by noontime. getting hot by then. hazy sunshine near the afternoon. late afternoon, back to the upper 80s and this evening, a nice night, coming up into the low 80s. we need some rain. a look at our next chance for that's coming up this half news we've been following all morning for you. d.c.'s 911 system is back up and running after an outage late last night. official just wrapped up a news conference to update the situation and they still ar

news 4 meagan fitzgerald is live with more on what you can do in bethesda. >> reporter: good morning.t's the things a lot of us already know. wearing long sleeved shirts and pants and protecting exposed skin, but the temperatures we see in august not always practica practical. officials say use insect repellant. here's the issue. health experts say they are seeing mosquitos in prince george's and montgomery county that are testing positive for west nile virus. they confirmed one case, one person has been infected in the western part of maryland. so a lot of things that folks can do. if you've got some tires hanging around on the outside of your home collecting water, make sure you drain that water out and also say wading pools or trash can lids that might be upside down, flip those over and, of course, those baths thaw use for the birts - themselves, change those twice a week. get rid of standing water around your home or parks, that is a breeding ground for these mosquitos. it's certainly a way to try and prevent yourself from being infected. reporting in montgomery county, meagan fi

meagan? >> reporter: parents were outrage, especially mom like shamika davis . she says her son managed to wonder from this play ground, make his way to branch avenue where he was eventually found, but she says nothing was ever done about that and that incident was never reported, and part of the reason the federal government took away that head start program because of allege abuse cases like davis 's that were never reported. the only incident they investigated was for a three-year-old who was forced to clean-up his own urine and teachers forcing students to hold objects over their head as punishment. when parents addressed the board for the first time at last night's board meeting, some accused them of criminal wrongdoing. >> the message sent every kay that the board cared, the vice chair, and ceo and any individuals who had full knowledge of that report remain in positions of employment and appointment saying prince george's county's children lives do not report. >>> they will continue to provide services to the nearly 1,000 students enrolled in that head st

meagan fits jarrell has more. >> reporter: parents are upset.hey don't understand how the board didn't take allegations of students abuse seriously. they want answers. one of those parents was shamonika davis , he was outside on the playground when he wandered off to branch avenue and that's where he was found. the federal offices of the head start program say they never heard about that incident and it happened nearly a year ago, they were, however, investigating allegations that a three-year-old was forced to clean-up his own urine. pare call the actions of the board criminal and the county says they will, however, continue to fund the program despite having that $6.5 million grant taken away from them but the county has not said how they will fund it. back to you. >> good morning, i'm landon dowdy. apple has issued a patch to fix a potentially dangerous flaw that could let hackers take over your iphone and researchers in toronto discovered spy ware after it was used to target a prominent activist in the middle east. a text message advise user

news4's meagan fitzgerald is live outside overlook elementary in suitland to break down this story. >> reporter: yeah, aaron, the mother of a 4-year-old who used to go to this school said her son managed to wander away from the playground about a mile away before he was found. the mother reported it to school officials but nothing was done about it so a lot of parents attended last night's school board meeting where they sounded off, calling the actions of some board members reckless. heading back to school is supposed to be an exciting time of the year. >> she loves it. she looks forward to it. >> reporter: and so do a lot of kids. but for many prince george's county parents, that's not entirely the case. have a baby here. >> reporter: the concern is around the safety of students, after some school board officials were accused of not reporting alleged cases of child abuse in the county's federally funded headstart program. >> he went through the woods and probably got about a good eighth of a mile maybe away from the school. >> reporter: this woman says her 4-year-old son wandered aw

. >> reporter: meagan wilkes said the pain is almost unbearable. two months ago, her mother, brother -- barbara mulholland, passed away. now her ashes are gone. her ashes taken in a burglary sunday afternoon. >> please bring it back. i don't care about anything. i just want my mom back. >> reporter: the break-in was stopping by for a visit. he found doors wide open. household items stolen, along with jewelry. but it's the urn the family is desperate to get back. >> she passed away two months ago. we feel like they lost her all over again. it's the same emotion. >> reporter: and a quick check of the website shows at least nine burglaries in the area in the past four weeks. now the family is not only retur the ashes. >> they can leave the ashes somewhere. i don't care if it's in a vacant lot and call channel 3 and say we just left the ashes at wherever and we'll go and pick them up. >> it's about this big, this big. it's a dark, wooden box that you can't open. you have to unscrew it frhe bottom. >> reporter: barbara mulholland worked for city bank fo

meagan fitzgerald explains why. >> very scary.leep at night. >> reporter: it has been a week since life changed for the neighbors who live here. many are moving out. while other families like felicia are trying to figure out what to do next. >> this is the car that my son and i slept in. >> reporter: this car and a hotel has been where she and her family have stayed ever since that night. >> he said honey, honey, you need to get up. there's fire. >> reporter: felicia has nightmares, constantly thinking about the traumatic night she woke up to a fiery explosion yar yards away from her home. >> because all of us were so scared seeing what door to our neighbors. >> she and her husband come back only to get their belongings. they don't stay long. >> i told him, no. i can't do that. it's not time for me to do that. because i'm not sure what is going to happen. >> reporter: investigators haven't released a cause for what happened but say a gas leak hasn't been ruled out. it's why felicia said she's scared to cook and why she no longer f

. >> reporter: her long time teammate, meagan also expressed her own disappointment. >> that's not our team. that's not what this team will be in the future. >> reporter: and the u.s. soccer federation agreed, the 35-year-old for six months. in a statement, solo said i am saddened by the federation's decision to terminate my contract. i could not be the player i am without being the person i am, even when i haven't made the best choices or said the right things." her checkered off the field record is less than sterling. in 2014, she was arrested on assault charges for allegedly attacking two family members and days after her husband was arrested on drunk driving charges while they were both in a team van. >> i don't think you can over look her off the field issues when they came to this decision. she was basically fired. she met with the coach. she pretty much knew the writing was on the wall. >> reporter: the u.s. women's players association believes it's excessive and in violation of solo's first and question whether this action would be taken against a male player. and it says solo

i want to show you this beautiful picture sent in by meagan. this was a sunset last night in frank town. she captured that western spirit with her horses there in the for ground and the beautiful colors in the sky. i want to remind you you can get in touch with me through facebook, twit e fun, but never really informative snap chat. so many different ways to get ahold of me if you want to know your forecast and you want to send cool pictures like meagan. our temperatures today are going to be warmer than yesterday. and tomorrow, it's going to be warmer than today. unfortunately we're dealing with smoke and haze from a few wild fires in colorado in a neighbor states so that's going to cause problems with our air quality and a chance for rain in the metro area is going to be slim as we go throu the state. in the high state, temperatures in the 50s. 30s some spots. sunny on the eastern plains. temperatures in the mid 50s and ray with plenty of sunshine. let's zoom in more on the metro area and on the front range where the temperatures are currentl

. >> reporter: solo's long-time teammate, meagan rupinot also expressed her own disappointment. >> that's not our team. that's not what this team will be in the future. >> rep federation agreed, suspending her for six months. >> reporter: despite solo's on the field success, her checkered, off the field record is less than sterling. in 2014, solo was arrested on assault charges for allegedly attacking two family members. for 30 days after her husband was arrested on drunk driving charges while they were both in a team van. >> i don't think you can over look her off the field issues. she was basically fired. she met with the coach. she pretty much knew the writing was on the wall. >> reporter: the u.s. women's players association says it believes the discipline is excessive and in violation of her first amendment rights and question whether this action would be taken against a male player. we received a copy of the termination letter which says she'll get three months severance pay. >>> uber has already revolutionized how people get place to place, now they've purchased a company making ou

. >> reporter: solo's long-time teammate, meagan rupinot also expressed her own disappointment. >> that'seam. that's not what this team will be in the future. >> reporter: and the u.s. soccer federation agreed, suspending her for six months. >> reporter: despite solo's on the field success, her checkered, off the field record is less than sterling. in 2014, solo was arrested on assault charges for allegedly attacking two family members. and in 2015 she was suspended for 30 days after her husband was arrested on drunk driving charges while they were both in a team van. >> i don't think you can over look her off the field issues. she was basically fired. she met with the coach. she pretty much knew the writing was on the wall. >> reporter: the u.s. women's players association says it believes the discipline is excessive and in violation of her first amendment rights and question whether this action would be taken against a male player. we received a copy of the termination letter which says she'll get three months severance pay. >>> uber has already revolutionized how people get place to pl

i'm meagan fitzgerald.ns regarding zika. >>> people are dealing with the aftermath of devastating floods. >>> volunteers in virginia are trying to find homes for the ones left fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. only from fios. >> when we come in the morning, we're moving or running around. we're getting our last minute things together. we're excited to see the children. >> a lot of peoplik carla burgess the kindergarten teacher in bowie ready to sta

meagan fitzgerald, thank you so much. >>> coming up, new attacks from donald trump, why the republican candidate for president is now calling his opponent a bigot. >>> up next, women wearing full body swimsuits banned at this world famous beach. a look at who's fighting the ban not ready for the first day of school. the problem keeping the large dmount of ki >>> today france's highest court is deciding whether a ban on burquinis is illegal. several spots have banned the hijab or head covering, including these beaches in cannes. critics call it anti-muslim and discriminatory. the french prime minister says it's a symbol of the enslavement of women. the court will make a decision in the next two days. >>> new information following an attack at the american university of afghanistan. this morning the u.s. state department says they have no reports of any american citizens killed or seriously hurt. 14 people were killed in the attack at the school yesterday, including several students and police officers. two gunmen were also killed. the university has been closed until further notice. >>>

earlier this week, elementary schoolteacher, meagan web, posted a piece in a palmbeachpost. in it, the 32-year-old describes her financial woes and says she is being forced to make a decision between the absolute to her potential to support herself. in the letter, she says quote: in my first year of teaching... it works out to be about 274 dollars for each new year of experience.... she then concludes by saying.. "we can't educa she then concludes by saying: day... that letter has received thousands of comme that letter as you can imagine, received thousands of comments. some positive others negative. the newspaper reports that web is taking a year of leave to pursue a new career. >>> time is almost 6:36. top of an incredible career. the world's most decorated athlete won yet another gold medal last night. he put on a solid performance during the 4x100 medley relay. phelps now has 23 career gold medals. 28 overall. 6 of which came right there in rio. it's believed that phelps is retiring. he told his team quote, i'm done, boys. we'll see. let's hope not. the main attraction

reporting on the national mall, meagan fitzgerald. >> thanks. >>> there's a party at the queens chapelber shop in hyattsville. the city was honoring the business for its 75 years operating at the same location. the shop has had four owners through the decades. >> thank you for making my family great and being a part of our family when you come here. >> one of the longtime barbers, 86-year-old sam benton, still lives in hyattsville. what a big day for them. congrats. >> like making history every time you get your hair cut there. cool. >>> its prices skyrocketed and stocks dropped. >> the last-ditch effort today by the makers of the epipen to quiet the outrage over price hikes on its lifesaving allergy injections. >>> then, all new at 6:00, the technical problems have been fixed, but the kmants keep coming in. -- complaints keep coming in. what a major utility company is telling customers after they got expensive bills and cutoff notices. >>> and our backpacks 4 kids phone-a-thon is wrapping up. call to don't -- call to donate. >>> the maker of epipen is responding to the outcry tonight

i'm adam >> i'm meagan fitzgeraldang gof. >> we're in for another hot y. to look like? >> it's not going to be quite as humid as it has been the last several days. it's a soft and serene sunday morning. live view from the tower camera, friendship heights, and off in the horizon is bethat he is da -- bethesda. it is rather humid, but not a sweltering humidity we've seen the last number of days. temperatures now climbing into the 70s from the shenandoah valley all the way to the chesapeake bay, reagan national is up to 77 degrees. hour by hour temperatures climbing into the mid 80s by noontime. getting hot by then. hazy sunshine near the afternoon. late afternoon, back to the upper 80s and this evening, a nice night, coming up into the low 80s. we need some rain. a look at our next chance for

meagan who suffers from a rare disorder that slows the blood flow to her heart and lungs. and hanna, who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy leading to progressive loss of motor skills. >> maybe somebody will look at this and be inspired to maybe find a cure for it. that would be >> beyond the diagnosis, hopes to eventually put a face to all 7,000 of these rare diseases. >> it's ambitious. but we're going to do it. >> the idea was hatched by ferrone trish sha weltin of the rare disease united foundation, whose two daughters suffer from rare diseases. >> you can't look at these not be moved. >> so far they're up to 60 portraits by artists from around the world. each hoping to do with paint words. >> you don't just gee gauche disease you see noh. you don't just see moebius syndrome you see miriam. >> that was the point. >> i can accept that i'm in a wheelchair and that's where i'm going to be. >> they are the faces of duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare muscle wasting disease >> most kids with my disability are on death's row. they're basically towards the end of their live

. >> good morning, everybody, i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. >>> tom kierein has the latest on our continuing heat wave. >>> good morning. i'm happy to report not as humid as it has been the last few days. we do have a little patchy fog in some of the rural areas starting off early on this sunday morning. we're a half ahour away from the sun rise. we've got a few clouds drifting over the metro area. sun will be breaking out and as the day progresses, we'll get increasing sunshine. temperatures are comfortable. we're down in the low to mid 60s, shenandoah valley, blue ridge and into the mountains. prince george's, montgomery, fairfax county, in the 60s. mid 70s right in town. right around the chesapeake bay, mid 70s. hour by hour, we'll jump up into the low 80s. mostly sunny. 2:00, upper 80s, near 90 by 3:00, 4:00. by 6:00, down to the upper 80s and 10:00 p.m., low 80s. a look at our week ahead. our next chances for rain is coming up in a few minutes. >> tom, thank you. now to a developing story in southeast. if you've been without hour for several hours, you might have to wa