into the addition of the express lanes. in southern california where i lived. >> are you a fan of the hov. the idea is that you would reward people who left a card home. with a fellow worker. in the actual lanes that are out there a large fraction of people are achieving it. and it's very hard to enforce. a lot of the other people are family members. they're taking advantage of this. so it's not been a very successful experiment in those types of areas. most of them he you only had two people and that's pretty it's pretty easy to do so they get congested also. we put in a project a few years ago. for adding express tolling. the most congested help. they were hardly going any faster. the express bus stuck in that same traffic every day. once express lanes came in the bus takes in there. in downtown miami. quadruple the size. because expressive buses were all that delivered a value. to go 45 miles per hour. i rush hour. it was a transformation it's so much better than hov lanes. you have that they keep them free-flowing. once

the express lane is feuned. look at the different vantage point here.ri ght here, bottom left corner, that's where the problem is. the backups are building in the last couple of minutes. they started to stretch back to 395 on the inner loop. arlington north westmoreland, all lanes blocked there. the travel times in maryland right no virginia is going to get messy. nnbound 66 and 95 are okay. remember to liso wtop when you hop in your car. >>> still a ahead, look inside a new d.c. charter school, unlike any other. who it's for and whyde acs aren't the only thing being taught. > and a wom who served on the jury for the paul manafort trial.ay what she ss stopped >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> back-to-school season in full swing right now. many of you might post pictures of your kids on social media. there's a new study that many parents ignore the dangers of postingictures online. more than 70% of parents agree that these photos could end up in the wrong hands. half of the parents say they would post a pict

destinations, expect a lot of company along the way, to save some time and avoid delays, y can use express lanesuring off-peak hos through tuesday. >>> where you're going, expect to pay more for gas, too, this weekend. a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.84. areas -- our area tends to pay mo . inmaryland, 8.$2 in montgomery, virginia, $2.94. >he suburbs are cheaper than d.c. e's accused of eating and running. now, an alleged serial dine and dasher is in custody. how he wase caught bef ditching another check. >>> just ahead, we're going to walkou through the newest school in nearly 20 years to open in alexandria. >>> we're keeping an eye on a first 4 traffic alert. atractor-trailern jackknifed the beltway, blocking lanes on the >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> a so-called scammer is caught in bethesda. >> a restaurant manager was able to stop a mang try to dine and dash right in his tracks. he's known as dg the scammer. the man came io areek restaurant in bethesda. he sat at the bar and ordered a few beers and the smoked lamb shoulder. he told the bar tender he left his wallet at home. that'

more money for the hov express lane project going on along highway 101 in san mateo county. this map shows you where new lanes would be added and where the current carpool lane will be converted into that express lane. leaders will donate $50 million towards construction. >> tune in to see the video from this tomorrow. former white house press secretary sean spicer going to be in san francisco tonight. spicer is promoting his new book about his short and turbulent tenure at the white house. the book is called "the briefing." spicer will be at the state marines memorial at 5:30. >> happening today, south bay fair lovers can't seem to wait. santa clara county fair kicks off running through sunday. there are some changes this year. one is a long awaited return. you have to go back decades, but at one time, angelo's pepper steak was a huge hit. this year, it's back. angelo's two sons are bringing back the old recipe. you can find it at the expo hall food circle, and all that fried food. also, eddy money will perform saturday night, which means two tickets to the fair that day wi

shows you where new lanes will be added and where the new carpool lane will be converted to an express lane. dedicate $50 million toward construction. >> former white house press secretary sean spicer is going to be in san francisco. spicer is promoting his new book about his short and turbulent tenure at the white house called "the briefing." spicer will be today at the st. marie's memorial theater at 5:30 this afternoon. >>> 4:froib right now. demonstrators rallying at san jose city hall last night to protest homeless week. it was organized by a grassroots group called serve the people san jose. the city policy is defeating. >> they're trying to frame this whole conversation as a discussion about litter and debris. but we know that they have been ruthless in the way they have been treating our unhoused community. >> organizers say they want city leaders to stop selling land to tech companies and instead use those spaces for low-income housing. >> also happening today, doctors without borders comes to the east bay to recruit. they'll be at the neighborly po poet's corner in berkeley tonigh

eventually the plan is to also have the express lanes that end in stafford county run all the way downo fredericksburg as well, but for now this new project under way. once again, the work has started. it's going to take some get this bridge built and these new lanes built here in the fredericksburg area.th anticipated completion date, 2022. ined icksburg, adam tuss, news4. >>> we turn now to a popular tradition at the national zoo, where they celebrated our youngest panda this week. bae-bae got a sweet treat as crowds came to sing to him for his 3rd birthday. this frozen cake was me of fruit juices and has things like apples, carrots, sugar cane and of c there's bamboo in there too. his birthday may be a little bittersweet this year because it teanse have only one year left before he gets sack to china to be part of a panda breeding program. there are fewer than 2,000 pandas till living in the wild. >>> we've got lots of pictures from his earlier days and check out our gallery at nbcwashington and our app there. >>> another big milestone ts week, a local landmark celebrates 60 years se

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main lanes and the express lanes in lort nearfairfax county parkway and left side blocked by a disabled we're seeing a bit of a slow down there, as well. beltway is okay.nd inner loop outer loop okay. also looking quite good. trains everynutes reminder on orange and silver we're single trackin between smithsonian and this problem additional delays both ys. signal issue at federal triangle. blue line 26, the issues there, as well, services between franconia and arlington only. lots of folks taking the yellow line, instead. eun? >> thank you. >>> 6:02 and now to breaking news out of new jersey. >> angie goff is at the live desk with that for us. >> this just in to the live desk. we just got this video of this horrible bus crash. take a look. that is the front of this two-level coach bus that was carrying 50 passengers from washington, d.c., to newark, penn station in new jersey. it crashed into an overpass. we're told the company that runs this bus is called our bus and they tcd in new york that the bus was nearing its trip. the end of its trip at penn when it barrelled into that it's ope

in lorton those express lanes near fairfax county parkway and left side blocked. inner loop and outer loop no problem there. 270 looks good, too. orange and silver single tracking between smithsonian and also right now additional delays both ways. signal issue at federal triangle on orange and silver. travel timesnmaryland, no problem. travel times in virginia will start getting slow. listen to wtop when you hop in your car. aaron? >> all right, melissa, thank you. >>> 5:55 right now. we're helping get ready for school and right now shoppers in maryland don't have to pay sales tax on certain items.ry nd's tax-free holiday started yesterday and will run through august 18th through saturday. until then, you won't have to pay sales tax on clothin or footwear that costs $100 or less per item. the first $40 of a backpack or bookbag will be tax free. >>> the baltimore orioles rolled out the red carpet to welcome mamie hnson's little league team from thedistrict. the first predominantly african-american team to reach the mid-atlantic tournament making our area so proud.

the plan is to eventually have the express lanes thatn end stafford county run all the way down fredericksburg as well, but for now this new project under way. once again, the work has started. it's going to take some time to get this bridge blt and the new lanes built here in the fredericksburg area. the anticipated completion date, 2022. in fredericksburg, adam tuss, news 4. >> 2022? that is testingpa our ence. >> four years from now. >> the recent rain, folks, may be causing wild mushrooms to rout up in your yard. >> an urgent warning after a local family gets sick. don't eat them. you need to protect your pet as well. we have the information for you. >>> an undocumented immigrant is charged tonight in the high-profile murder ool age student from iowa. about how w clues the e tracked him down and one question that remains unanswered. welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, so you can stream, game, and watch 4k sho

. >> porter: another thing t consider, the 95 express lanes.last labor day drivers who used them saved an average of 35 minutes. if you're heading to the maryland or delaware beaches, you'll want to strategically time your bay bridge crossing. cross after 6:00 tonight or before 7:00 a.m. on friday, because traffic is expected to get heavy around mid-morning. and if you haven left already today, you may want to hold off, ait until after rush hour tonight. just keep in mind that things are really going to start to get crowded o there on friday. back to you. >> it's good to hear that people have a strategy at least megan, to get around all this traffic. i like that. : >> reportt to have a plan. >> megan mcgrath, thank you so much. >>> a musical tribute to aretha franklin. comg up, what fans can expect. >>> plus a controversial proposa making condoms available in all montgomery county high schools. hear what prompte d you wanted to save on prescriptions... so you went online... and got so lost in a mumbo-jumbo of co-pays, coupons and codes that you

crash on the left shoulr in e express lane. outer loop, there's the camera of that one.ast when we come back. stay with us. there is a place where everyone is a member of the board and shareholders are known for sharing. where coins don't make change people do where wealth is measured by the number of lives touched and the size of a check is powerless against the size of a heart. in this place we call home paying it back doesn't come in the form of an iou it comes from asking what can i do? >>> good morning. it is aum warm and start today. afternoon highs will be in the upper 80s and low 90s. rain chances come back tomorrow particularly late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. weekend.oudy over the no total washouts. noticeable cooler. high of only 82 by sunday. >>> we are back. it's 8:30 thursday morning. we're dodging cameras he. we have a great crowd here smiling faces. it's beautiful. >> we want to say everybody a big happy birthday to kathie lee gifford. we are going to be celebrating. we have a big party o the fourth hour. >> kathie lee jubilee. >> i'veeard of

and the world can only tolerate one safe lane of expression. words are not deeds. but oppression and engineering by force are the dirtiest deeds of all. connecticut democratic senator and late night snuggle bug chris murphy seems to think the takedown of alex jones doesn't go far enough. the survival of our democracy depend on it. really, chris? almost all of us can agree alex jones can be very vile? but can this send us down a censorship rabbit hole when you have a sitting senator say something like that. steve hilton is here. host of ""the next revolution"." remind me to use the phrase word turd at every opportunity. i loved that. kennedy: there are a lot of people out there we disagree with. there is a lot of stuff on social media that is annoying that anyone can consider hateful and disrespectful. but are these guys going too far banning conservatives and libertarians they disagree with? >> i think that you can be critical of the fact they have done it. but what is the alternative? you have heard the word censorship used a lot. these social media sites, the sil

that shooting shutting down northbound lanes for hours between capitol express. >> the wounded drivera nearby strip mall parking lot and call police. live from the san jose parking lot with the video. >> it must have been a jarring frightening moment when the bullets began to fly. the driver sped off and into the parking security camehe parking lot in san jose. in a big hurry. considering there was very little traffic here around 3:00 a.m. but had e had good reason. the driver and his female passenger had been shot at from another vehicle on northbound interstate 680. he was wounded in the right shoulder and at least five bullet holes on the black honda accord including a blown out tire. a neighborhood shop owner showed security camera video of the swarm of police arriving. the victim and passenger walking up talking to an officer. describing the shooter and displaying where he was shot. >> that's some crazy stuff. probably road rage. freeway shooting is very dangerous. but the time that it happened, at least there weren't a lot of cars involved. >>. they took over the investigation.

this storm right here this is tropical storm lane at one time it was category five lane a very very strong storm expression very unusual to be so close to hawaii now this storm has been impacting hawaii for several days now you can see all the clouds that are pushing through the storm is just about two hundred twenty kilometers to the south southwest of honolulu it is very close but it's not going to make a living fall but notice all the clouds that is where the rain is and we have seen incredible amounts of rain just over the last seventy two hours over here in hilo nine hundred eighty one millimeters of rain in three days just over here towards we have seen a thousand and four and these numbers are actually going up so these are about probably ten to fifty millimeters just in the last half hour because that is how much it is raining across the region how much more rain we're exposed to get well the track of the storm is going to take it to the northwest and then over here towards the west but still because it is moving so slow across this area we still expect to see another four hundred plus millimeters

not just upgrading the biking but also creating an opportunity for our transit-only lane on innis to serve that express bus way. they're creating a segment of the bay trail to contribute to that regional amenity. the transportation demand management plan is designed to achieve a 20% reduction in driving trips, compared to what the environmen environmental ans estimated. it's five percentage points greater for what is called for as a mitigation in their environmental review process and this was something that was negotiated with the project to do even better than what they are being charged with doing. so to achieve this, the project is committing to measures that is physical and operational that serve residents, workers, visitors to the site. there's an on going monitoring and reporting and compliance program associated with the t.d.m. plan and there will be on site staff or a transportation management agency or association to deliver the program. t.d.m. is part of their transportation plan which is a schedule to the so one of the things you are being asked to content to today as part of your action. t

bank accounts in sicypr that the prosecution says were set up for the express purpose of manafort evading taxes. >>> and changing lanes. the trump administration reversing obama-era fuel standards, also taking aim at obamacare. both moves could have major impacts on americans' health. >>> and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington where president trump is reportedly pressuring his legal team to secure a sit-down with the special counsel. robert mueller has a new interview offer on the table for the president. what personal attorney rudy giuliani calls slight improvement by investigators in their offer. three sources briefed on the matter are telling "the new york times" that the mueller team wants to discuss possible coordination with trump associates and russians and whether president trump tried to obstruct adjustmenjustice. the special counsel is willing to accept some written answers from the president but wants the ability to ask followup questions of the president. peter alexander is at the white house. bob bauer is here with me. peter, what do we know so far about this possible interview offer? i

bank accounts in sicypr that the prosecution says were set up for the express purpose of manafort evading taxes. >>> and changing lanesnistration reversing obama-era fuel standards, also taking aim at obamacare. both moves could have

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i don't utilize the express busses because they take the last 2-3 blocks going down busch street take far too long. i take it exclusively because of the rapid lanes. i support that going forward. >> chair c. brinkman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is rodger, local 258, i felt compelled to speak up after i have been taking notes from all the speakers and i have to state that i'm speaking to you now as a transit operator. i drove the 38 geary for a number of years and i'm also against removing the rapid stop at spruce, it will have a tremendous negative impact for the passengers. if we are encouraging more ridership of our public transit system this is not the way to go about it, this represents muni backwards. the elimination of bus stops will not increase service. i have to repeat that again. the elimination of bus stops will not increase service and it's not going to deny the fact there's indeed a shortage of muni operators. so let's stop with the reduction in service, please. enough with the cuts. enough with the cuts. in terms of bus bunching, that was the first time i had heard that word and immediately it came to mind schedules

express the oppression of a black woman. using the black feminist critique. it asked lanes that ty lends through what you can see where power comes in polite. where it interlocks and intersex. creating a system of oppression often to the increased marginalization of the individual. that is where today's townhall descends. given us that are joined around the space of being queer and a person of color, the opportunity to be seen and creating space for the full nuance of the -- full gamut of the nuance of the identities to shine. the depth and breadth of the politics and personalities would then -- within the budget be too cute space is is vast and deep. while from the outside we may appear as a monolith, we are not. while some of you may think we are preaching to the choir, as many of you are aware, sometimes the folks with the most vitriol and misunderstanding are the most unsupportive of us are folks within our own community. for example, there was a recent study from the united kingdom that said 61% of like lgbtq -- black lgbtq identified folks face racism within the lgbt

services on the stansted express are also affected. 0nto the roads, finchley road is down to one laneark bridge to westminster bridge with delays as traffic diverts. let's have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. a little bit of everything weatherwise today. it is a very mixed picture but a warm and humid start, 19 in central london. then we are going to see a cold front come through. it will give us a little bit of early rain. and behind that we will have fresh conditions for this afternoon but also good spells of sunshine around as well. this is the picture this morning. lots of thickening cloud around and then we see the cold front come through. 0utbreaks around and then we see the cold front come through. outbreaks of rainfora front come through. outbreaks of rain for a short while, not much for south—eastern areas of the capital. maybe it is staying dry. then brightening up. north—westerly breeze developing and some sunny spells. top temperatures of 22 or 23 degrees but of course those values are degrees but of course those values a re lower de

express views and contribute to the debate as all organisations do. but not in a way that determines public policy. strong winds and torrential rains from hurricane laneh floods and landslides across hawaii. although it has now been downgraded to a category three tropical storm authorities there still warn of serious disruption for several days. emergency shelters have opened and schools, businesses and government offices are closed. lebo diseko has more. hurricane lane is yet to hit these islands, but the rain and winds already have. 0ne section of the big island had nearly half a metre of rain in just 2a hours as the category three cyclone gets nearer. even if it doesn't make landfall, it still brings a storm that authorities say could be life—threatening. we're extremely concerned about the potentials for inland flooding, landslides occurring and damage to the transportation, communications infrastructure. residents have been battening down the hatches. the governor has warned them to prepare for the worst. he says they should take the threat seriously and put aside at least two weeks' worth of food, water and medicines. there were long queues as p