aimee cho got a chance to han out with some kindergarteners as they check out their new >> welcome to kindergarten. >> reporter: there's nothing quite like the first day of school. the brand new books. >> i'm so glad you're happy. >> reporter: freshly sharpened pencils, fun new frien. and for the little ladies of miss mccoy's kindergarten class -- >> beautiful, it's looking goode >> reporter:have another first to look forward to. d.c. public schools fir all-girls school. >> do you guys like school? >> dyes. >> whyyou like school? >> because it's so cool. >> it's so fun. >> i love that. >> reporter: the excel academy says theyope to empower girls so they don't just become students, buts. sist >> i can be that person who respects them, who talks like them, who works hard. they will see that example. and it sounds the same, right? moon. >> reporter: the girto will go xcel through the eighth grade. >> good job! >> reporter: and the school says it wil focus on things like science and math. >> to change the narrative of the school because it was considered a poo performing school, so we wan

i'm aimee cho in norse west. i'll tell what you makes them so special. >>> and i'm meteorologist doug kammer kammerer, right now tracking the wing eta here. i'm predicting the wing eta about seven minutes, guys, seven minutes. we're right back with wings and of course your weather too. it will get hot in the next couple of days. we're back in just a c >>> bon appetit magazine just released its0 top d.c. restaurant list. only one made it into the coveted top ten. may dong. news4's aee cho takes us inside the award winning restaurant. >> reporter: if you step inside, you'll find the team working hard to whisk you away with their food. owner chris morgan said the tvem first td to the middle east to learn about the food there and looking for inspiration. 'm entirely too chatty and i ask way too many questions, always havebeen. they definitely helped me with cooking. opening a restaurant is definitely one of the hardest undertakings i think that's out there. >> reporter: but it would seem that hard work has been wl rt

news 4's aimee cho introduces us to the leesburg flower lady. >> i'm cutng this pretty well. >> reportera person who never let's grass grow beneath his feet. >> have to be very quick and efficient. >> doesn't take long to get a bucket full. >> reporter: as the leesburg in lady spends hours every day in the garden and her hustle stems money fromct that these flowers go to loudoun nger relief. >> the fact that we're able to give it to the food pantry is a good, good feeling. reporter: and the work doesn't stop once she'sin side. >> i've got such an daabune. >> reporter: turning each bloom into a bouquet. >> and some folks like a lot of bang for their buck, readyo e somebody at a hospital. >> reporter: that's annie. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: want to put them over on the chair. >> another helper that we have >> reporter: and one thingrf colo aser flowers are her commentary. y garden cuts in except me and when i always think i'm finished i add one more. >> reporter: and once everything is perfectly arranged. t heads out her driveway where business is blooming. >> there, they look

that >> reporter: in arlington, aimee cho, news 4. >> keep the >> got to look out for yourself. got to be careful out there. >> it's a lunchtime favorite for a lot of people, wanting to snack on something healthy. >> but is hummus really good for yo consumer reporter susan hogan has an answer coming up next. >>> plus the long running divorce of one longtime hollywood couple brangelina has hit a new level of drama, we'll say. >>> and i'm continuing to track severe storms right now. three severe thunderstorm warnings, oneor culpepper county until 4 sack and this one for d.c. and prince george's county and montgomery county will until 445 and the newestor warningerkeley county and tshington county and also until 4:45 i'mcking this line. we could see more severe storm warnings coming up over the couple of minutes. i'll b backe >>> breaking news coming in just moments oak. storm team 4 just issued a weather alert. isolated storms blasting the district and pars of northern virginia right now. doug will be back in his forecast in three minutes. >>> hummus, it's not the most popular dip

in upper marlboro, aimee cho, news 1? al's country kitchen has been a staple in that community for decade, and managers are they hope to one day rebuild that restaurant. >>> well, we're watching some storms tryin to make their way into the area. areas of heavy rain. can youhe see greater washington area dry at this point, but, again, some periods of heavy rain as we continue through tonight. we'll talk about timing and we'll talk timing that have sunshine. that's all coming up in justw minutes. >>> the chesapeake bay isn't the only place dealing with a h ae messer last month's storm. >> popular parks and beaches in northern virgia have been closed down for weeks now. bureau chief julie carey hasn a updatehe cleanup effort. >>> and the price of some of the most common household items you most common household items you 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-op

it used to be ach charter sool and now it's public and news 4's aimee cho hung out with fabulous hecked artners as they out their new digs. >> welcome to kindergarten. ir reporter: there's nothing quite like the day of school. >> yes, it's your day. >> the brand-new book >> so glad you're happy. >> reporter: freshly sharpened pencils and fun new friends and for the little ladies ofiss mccoy's kindergarten class. >> it's beautiful and looking good? theyave another first to look forward to, d.c. public school's schoolll-girls do you guys like school? >> yes. >> reporter: why do you like school? because it's so cool. >> it is so fun. >> he loves school, i lovethat. >> reporter: the excel academy hope to empower girls so they don't just become schools but sisters. >> can you help me. >> i can be the one person who looks like the l and tale them, you know, and works hard and they also see an example and they sound the same,>> right? moon. >> the girls will go here through eighth grade. >> good job. s reporter: and the schoos it will focus things on science and math. >> to change thef narrati

in upper marlboro, aimee cho, >> and coming together is the very definition of community.everal people who live in the apartments above that restaurant all did make it out safely, and the red crossms helping t now with temporary housing. "news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. >>> breaking now at 6:00, am reagan national airport this afternoon. a 12-year-old girl visiting the u.s. china believed to have been abducted. we're live with what police are tellins to be looking for. >> flash flooding on our area roads, and it's not over y r. moren is coming. flash flood watches are in effect through saturday. >> and all that rain leadingo tragedy in northern virginia. neighbors telling us about the 10 yearly girl who was killed when a tree fell on her home. >> first that amber alert usually that we get from police om sheriff's departments but today it came the metropolitan department airport authority. this 12-year-old last seen getting into a caroutside reagan national airport. >> news 1's snemari s just got an update from police. shomari, what can you tell us?ll >> reporter: good eve

aimee cho, news 4. >> we also learned that poole was arrested for fdui a weeks ago and theft back in 2011. she will be appearing in court for the arson charge at the end of august. >> paul manafort repeatedly told tax prerers h did not control foreign bank accounts, that teimony today from h longtime accountant. he's an trial in alexandria charged with tax evasion and tax fraud. prosecutor say heid millions from consulting work that he did for the ukrainian government. his lawyers are a blaming illegal activity on manafort's puty rick gates. >> the president austin powers to be at odds with his ownchntel fs over the issue of russian meddling and china is escalating the trade war between our two nations, but asnbc's susan mcginnis reports, the big focus for the white house today is jobs. >> reporter: the naeron's empl continue adding jobs to the economy. he white house cheered today' numbers showing another drop in the jobless rate. >> these are good numbers, another strong jobs recor in a series of strong employment reports. >> reporter: but an economic threat lies on the horizon. ch

news 4's aimee cho looks back on the life of a woman once na.'d one of d.cs most powerful women in the arts. >> this, of course, is chuck brown's guir who has performed all over the world. >> reporter: if ever there was a museum that captured the flavor of d.c. it's the anacostia director. >> this is special. >> reporter: we had a tour last ye ofhe museum she grew up visiting. >> how they tell the stories in a way they trust us and in a way they want to be heard. we're a museumof, for and by the people. that's what makes us special, and that's why the community has trust in us. >> reporter: today that community coming together to honor laurie's life. she was just 58 when she passed. >> she loved all this. >>he lovedeverything. >> reporter: this tour guide says she can sll feel her in this museum. >> i never met anyone quite like her. i just found her so delightful and so energetic and like ie sad ade you want to work a little harder. >> she was just one of the worm lovely people who lit up the room and when she was there and -- and welcomed me he

. >> reporter: in southeast, aimee cho, news 4. >> you did it! ng traffic to and robbery. >> what is this? >> reporter: new vid the moment a pack of riders overwhelmed a clerk at a local station. >> a letter to the faithful. pope francis on the catholic church and how it shoulde handl latest report about sexual abuse among the clergy, and what d.c.'s archbishop is doing about it here at home. >> and how the teammates of the maryland football playerdiho after a practice plan to honor him this year. and the redskins sign a former nfl mvp. "news 4 at 5:00" starts now. >> you have -- you are bound to have seen them. they swam doing tricks and dodging traffic. >> there they are, folks, and that's just the beginning. emingly out of nowhere they come upon you, and then there is the noise. >> reporter: we're talking about those atv riders that inve our area every once in a while, usually in the summer, and itga happened this weekend. >> and the t residents sayhis is not just a nuisance. this is dangerouser there three arrests in the district, a few crash

aimee cho, new 4z. >> i feel you sergeant chesty. the marines have had rarious ches chestys. in fact, this little dog was the xiv. sounds like a character from mash. >> i thinkhat is his normal pose, though. >> he always looks like he's sleeping, yeah. >>> anyway,he sometimes most difficult obstacle for a veteran civilian lifeto is landing that first job. but a group that helps women veterans is offering some help.e tomorrow troup called final salu is hosting an event to help women vets and those in active duty dress for success and become workforce ready. >> the women veterans and military women that come here will receive free,es pronal clothing, free shoes, accessories and they're also getting free profession makeovers and a head shot for their linkedin profiles. >> thi event runs tomorrow from noon until 5:00 at the durt recreational center. walk-ins are welcome. search final salute in our nbc washington app. >> doing great work there. >>> the next 2 hours are critical for hawaii as hurricane lane nverst to the islands right now. it has already dped more than 30 inches of

at cook elementary northwest, aimee cho, news 4. >> all the public school students will be back in wlassis over, kids. >> oh, yeah. >> but they are happy to be in school. >>> a new program giving a voice to some of those who often go up heard. new at 5:00 today, the story of how words are healing some of those behind the bars of the arlington county jail. jim handley is in our newsroom to tell us more about this story. jim? >> this is a great story. everybody has a story toell, right, but sometimes the voices of those who find themselves on the wrong side of the law are ignored. well, now there's a program putting the power to the words some localle inmates whi giving them an outlet. our nicole jacobs will have their story. plus, privacy concerns surrounding google after an investigation to discover the internet giant is tracking your location without your permission and even when you don't think it is. ahead at 5:00 tonight, how it's getting t information and what you may be able to doo not be tracked. i think you guysiore in the st the thing about tv, we always know where we are. >> we

news 4's aimee cho talked toop pe who know her and who are shocked to hear that she's accused of arson. >> reporter: >> for the people who live an work here, that way of life now gone. a massive fire burning through the night and destroying al's deli and several apartmentsab e. they say this former server set the fire and she worked atal until recently being let go. >> we lost everything. >> keith smith work at one of the apartments and when he heard news he raced over. >> just beyond belief. bo all of the workers and customers and a came in contact with him. he says he also used to eat attal's and had poole as his rv . >> i didn't know she was capable. >> was she a good >> when i leave a $5 tip you have to be a good serves >> acr the street workers say they knew the suspect, too. >> used to come and all the time. >> i thought she was a nice girl, real nice girl. pretty surprised that she did something like that y but never know and had good fun at the table and enjoyed a huge breandast and sat there just, you know, unbelievable. >> no one answered the door when we knocked at poole's h

in alexandria, aimee cho, news 4. >> great story. think it would being take me 28 hours. >> how did they do that, wow? >> coming up, police knew about the past of the man accused of killing five people inside anan polis newsroom, so why couldn't they stop him in the news 4 i-team are uncovering what some are calling a critical gap in the law. >>> a we've got a warning for you. more dogs are developing heart disease and it could be linked to wt they are eating. >> storms are popping up on this hot sticky you know when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them for less. at ross. yes for less. 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 shows all at once. kid's right about

. >> in gegewn, aimee cho, news 4. >> they receed their undergrad degree from unc chapel hill hand theiray that runs in the family. >> in the dna. >> yes, thank you, wendy. >> back t wyou guys. >>e begin our 6:00 hour with the tributes to the queen of soul, aretha franklin. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t, fin out what it means to me ♪ >> today we lost the greatest vocalist that the world haskn er n. > there will never be another aretha >>> she was amazing known for the thrill of her voice and truth of her emotions.ar ha franklin was one of the most acclaimed singers of our team. the uly one of a kind of queen of soul died today of pancreatic cancer. she was . >> but her legacy lives on in her music. right now five of the ten songs on itunes are from the soul singer as the tributes pour in from her home i detroit all the way to d.c. >> we begin our coverage this evening with nbc's marc barger. >> the queen of soul. a disc jockeyestowed that nickname on aretha franklin, and it stuck ♪ feels like a natural woman >> reporter: through a musical reign that has few rivals. ♪ >> reporter: in a career spanning