change, newer big signs between at least rate and route 29 in centerville. tonight, giving speed limits and hov info, they are supposed to tell you when to merge if there is an accident. traffic did not magically disappear with the new signs, probably as they will help. >> it's hard to tell if they made a big difference or not. i'm looking forward to seeing what happens. tom: tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: still ahead -- a familiar face on capital. jon stewart lobbying for congress to take action quickly. and catching a ride to the airport is about to get more convenient, but more expensive. steve: i'm steve rudin. if you thought it was warm this afternoon, wait until tomorrow. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] leon: a homemade clock put this in handcuffs, the 14 euros accused of having a fake bomb. turns out he was just showing off a digital clock he had read over the weekend. the charges have been dropped, but civil rights activist are questioning his tre

. >> reporter: after that college visit, linda's son, a senior here at centerville high school, showedt school on the second day of classes, only to be told he wasn't in the system and his class schedule was gone. linda says school counselors plied started looking into the issue. they gave her son a temporary class schedule but warn it hed could take some time to fix. when you start ap classes, you have assignments right away. when he came home, could not see some of his teachers' assignments because he was no longer in their system. >> reporter: linda logged on to the county's new student information system or sis it appeared her son was no longer enrolled. we took her concern to fairfax county public schools n a statement, they told us, in part -- the school system doesn't have an exact number of students affected but acknowledge it is not just at one school and stresses schedules are not permanently lost and students are not disenrolled. had we known, we probably would have adjusted plans, but this took us by surprise. >> reporter: at 6:00, the problem goes beyond fairfax county. we

approaching the richmond centerville toll plaza. let me show you the map. the reason i looked at this camera is there's a report on this bridge. but we don't see any of the slowing through the area. i'll track the report. everything sounds like it's cleared from the lanes. the bay bridge, we'll starting to see a mild increase in the am of traffic there. and north so 1 at marsh we still have two lanes blocked by the car in the roadway. back to you. >>> several hot issues debated at santa clara city council meeting, i should say the city council meeting last night. one would change during halftime at the football games. coming after a fight broke out at the stadium. the city is discussing ways to limit alcohol induced violence by limiting the sale of alcohol after halftime. >> i'm just not sure in reducing alcohol at halftime is really the answer. that may be part of it. but i think we really need to focus on the minority group that is causing these bad issues. >> right now alcohol sales are cut off right after the third quarter. no word when a decision is go

centerville is 89. nice evening to be on the water. been watching this michael and son weather camera. folks coming and going, enjoying what was a very warm but nice labor day. this evening generally clear. down to 76 by midnight. and we're staying above 70 in town. mid to upper 60s in many of the suburbs. i'm coming back in a few minutes. we'll talk about the increasing rain chances. i know it's monday but next weekend is not that far away. >>> the timing of a pedestrian light in gaithersburg is in question after a disabled woman was killed there this morning. muivembet gelaw was crossing a step behind her adult daughter when she was struck by a car at frederick road and southwestland. that light allows 25 seconds to cross six lanes. friends fear it wasn't enough for gelaw. >> she has a walking problem, what i know. and probably she was walking slow. and i don't know, accident is accident, you know. >> the driver in the incident stopped immediately. police have not yet determined who had the light. >>> accusations that a key march org

it happened at route 28 and new braddock road in centerville.as scott mcfarland reports, dozens of workers and emergency responders are trying now to clean up the mess. >> 48 hours after people began smelling gasoline in the air, crews have found the leak and a major colonial pipeline in route 28 in centreville carried gasoline from north carolina to the northeast and they say they'll soon fix the leak which is about 200 feet from town homes. he received a formal letter notifying him of the leak last night. this was the first time i got that notice from the company that is doing the job, you know? and i noticed that yesterday when i was walking around all of these activities. >> no evacuations and the fire department says the leaked gasoline did not infiltrate the drinking water supply. three restaurants were forced to shut down. they said the storm water drains and the smell of gasoline was strong. >> any environmental impact is a health hazard so we want to make sure we err above the side of caution. >> 2800 pounds of gasoline escaped and they

in centerville, derek ward, news 4. >>> now to new york where pope francis is celebrating mass in front of thousands in madison square garden. jim handly is live at the apple with more on tonight's service. handly? >> hi, wend pep helicopters buzzing above us here in midtown manhattan. all eyes inside the garden and he is ending with a big finish after a grueling day, a very ambitious day all day today. let's take you into the garden now where 20,000 people are on hand to celebrate mass with the pope. he is on the altar right now in his investments. you should notice they've been constructed and designed in a simple style at the request of pope francis and much built by day laborers and other lower income workers. >> he entered the garden in his third mode of transportation. he's been in that fiat. he's been in the jeep, popemobile and a golf cart doing a 3 hun-degree circuit of the floor in the garden, blessing some people and many of them children and many of these people were selected by lottery weeks ago. a lottery in the city of 2.6 million catholics and this two-hour mass this eve

a large, large project that affects people in communities like vienna, haymarket, gainesville, centerville, chantilly, a large, large project. and one thing that we heard today that's going to happen no matter what design changes happen to i-66, the hov requirements on 66 will change from hov-2 to hov-3 by 2020. basically it means big-time construction is being planned for this very, very busy crawling corridor. we'll have much more at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. in fairfax, adam tuss, news4. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. another sunny and warm day here in the washington area. air quality index is at code orange for later on this afternoon. so if you have heart or respiratory issues, you may want to avoid extended periods of strenuous exercise outside today. otherwise staying warm, staying dry for the next couple of days. looks like it will be cooler as the pope arrives in town next week. for now, though, temperatures are warming quickly. we're already 79 in gaithersburg, 76 in stafford, virginia, and 76 in washington. planning out the remainder of your afternoon, plan on

this one in centerville, southbound at wallny road.right lane blocked because of a new crash there. 66 overall, 95 looking typical. both routes inbound there, 50 at fill more street and arlington, still have that crash. now, a little slow bw parkway inbound as you approach the beltway. 95, 29, all look good. 270 here at montrose, little volume headed southbound there out of frederick all the way down to rockfell this morning. >>> as we come up on 6:32, developing story surrounding security for the pope's visit to the u.s. learning more this morning about how a firefighter breeched securi -- breached security. chris followed a motorcade into an airport and slashed his retired firefighters badge at a security checkpoint to get on to the tarmac. >>> today we expect a former state department official to face accusations he solicited sex from a minor in virginia. daniel rosen admitted to a list of crimes in d.c. news 4 outside court in july when he pleaded guilty to 11 counts of stalking in the district. d.c. police say he recorded as many

we spoke with the mom of one centerville high schooler. says she excuse herd son to miss the first day of school so that he could go on a college visit, but when he returned to classes the second day he was told he was no longer in the system and his class schedule was gone. >> i did call him in absent and followed all the protocol and got a message on the phone later in the day that he would have to come in and be reactivated, which i was confused about. >> reporter: so we went to the school system on this matter. turns out he wasn't the only student affected. we will tell you what they are doing about it and how they said it started in the first place. in centreville, david culver, news4. >>> virginia spends big bucks to replace license plates that batter image of the confederate flag. >> now we know what happens if >>> right now the virginia dmv is mailing new license flights hundreds of drivers. the state is spending close to $8,000 to replace tags that feature the confederate flag. and reporter brent sullivan looked into what happens

. >> reporter: but says that counselors have been working hard to get things back on track n centervilledavid culver, news4. >>> a warning after two women were attacked opening their front doors. why police say being poe lit could make you a prime target. >>> a key witness comes forward in the charles severance case. what a cell mail is the revealing about the man charged in three murders. the president of the maryland senate has a plan to pay tribute to delegate proctor after his passing. hoe maps to ask >>> breaking news right now the at 6:30, news4 learned a man shot by a security guard inside union station this afternoon has died. according to police, the guard shot the map after he stabbed a woman at a building next door and then ran into union station that shooting happened near the mcdonald's restaurant and people inside the station were ushered out until the scene was secure. we will be working on this through the evening and we will update you on the nbc washington app and also on news4 at 11:00. >>> now to some back-to-back attacks on women at apartment buildings in alexandria.

. >> reporter: kelly hennessy teaches students with special needs at centerville high school in clifton, virginia. >> you looki ining forward to t day when you can get back to helping others? >> yes. >> reporter: teaching others? >> yes. >> reporter: ahead, what was the key to kelly's amazing recovery? we'll tell you what the family thinks coming up on news 4 at 6:00. reporting from gainesville, virginia, chris gordon, news 4. >>> tonight police are trying to identify the man who attacked a woman in arlington wearing a suit. it happened along herndon street around 10:00 sunday night in the clarendon area. the young woman told police she doesn't know who assaulted her, only he's a white man in his 50s, heavy set and was wearing a dark suit and dress shirt. >>> he appears nonchalant and like maany other customer. one robber in maryland has a unique goal in mind. laundry pods. news 4's pat collins shows us the interesting approach one worker used to try to stop the guy. >> reporter: a couple of years ago they were stealing jugs of tide detergent. on the street, they called it liquid gold.

east today. 61 for germantown and through springfield at 65 degrees and you node andrews 61 and centerville you're at 64 degrees. headed to the 80s to the nod too bad at all very similar to yesterday in fact maybe a little bit more sunshine 86 for leesburg and 87 here through the district. it's just going to be a beautiful afternoon. take a look at your futurecast. we do stay dry for awhile. we need rain that's been very dry as of late. just a few passing clouds if you're looking for showers on your labor day weekend but a lot of peoples lawns are getting dry there are going to be showers possibly through the northern neck and farther south near norfolk if you're headed to the beach but everywhere else it's just going to be dry but enjoy good beach weather too. 80 for leesburg as you head through this after anyone and by tomorrow, same story but we are getting a little bit hotter. winds turn out of the southeast for tonight and into tomorrow so that's going to add in a touch of humidity for your labor day still dry and head to the pool without any problems we aren't talking about rain back

bad ride and otherwise traveling northbound on the 14th street bridge, for the folks traveling in centervillehis morning we do have a late moving works owned with all lanes getting by their it a quick peek through montgomery county, heavy volume delays passed the mormon temple. melanie: top stories, this is the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. will hold aama moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., when the first plane crash, then he will head to fort meade, maryland, to speak with service members there. intensifies following a double shooting in silver spring. one person was shot in the abdomen. another was wounded on the arm. both are specter to survive. pope francis will visit the white house on september 23. thousands of people will be able to catch a glimpse of him. the pope will appear in a parade that morning. tickets are not required but there will be security check. gates will open at 4 a.m. and close at 10 a.m. you can get more news, traffic updates on news channel 8. >>> a live look at the freedom tower here in new york on this september 11th, ground zero now a memorial to those