news4's chris gordon has the terrifying details. >> 35-year-old colin black pleads guilty to forcing a woman to have sex with him. afte meeting her on the tinder app. >> tinder is what is called a hooking up app. it's an app where people get tother so that they can have a sexual affair. and you know, it's important to realize that no always means no and when a woman speaks out or wr that matter, any victim, that doesn't likeat's happening during a sexual activity, that no, means no. >> prosecutors say black's laptop and home computer show that he searched websites dealing with forced sex. the police report says that the victim said onstop, i d like it. get off me. it hurts. black grabbed victim a's wrist. she said get off me, i don't like it. in all, three women went to montgomery county police, complaining that colin black sexually assaulted them. after meeting him on tinder. >> we were able ton obt a conviction on second-degree sexual offense. twice, we got one before a jury. and one that he pled to later and we'reng holdi the third case in inactive docket so we can bring it up lat

news4 chris gordon explains. >> reporter: school buses arrive at the start of the newyechool . you heard right. this is not summer school. these students are being welcomed back after a short summer break. two montgomery county elementary schools in silver spring are testing this extended shool year pilot program. >> only bad thing is that we can't go on a family vacation but it's good to get a against the other kid that have not started yet. >> reporter: this is a title 1 school and means high number of kids from low income families. the extended school year program is meant to increase their performance in literacy and imagi imagine. they will serve a pents and teachers here to determine if the stinextended school year sh be introduced in other schools in the future. reporting from silver spring, chris gordon, news4. >>> old town alexandria has been forced to close up shop after flash floods caused damage. they are trying to get thing back in order but they have a long road ahead. she says two inches of standing water in that store and all of the carpeting needs to be replace

georges and montgomery counties you can go to ourbc washington app and search "speed limits," chris gordon, news 4. >>> all right. so you know what? we now have beautiful weather coming in and i think we've earned it. the last couple of days, last week. >> awful. >> just unbearable. >> it was awful. >> oh, my gosh. >> you could barely -- i was so tired and i was like why am i so exhausted? the heat take -- >> the sun takes it out of you, doesn't it? >> it was almost too hot to go to the pool. >> you're sweating at the pool. be under thewa ter, come up for breath and go back down. so hot. >> so we have the heat but we don't have the humidity. it will be here d there. little touches of it but not the oppressive humidity like last week. we'll take that. >> temperatures are around 89 degrees. not that bad out there. similar to the last couple days, maybe a stray shower or two. th's about it. let's go ahead and take a look outside. a little bit of fog in some areas, and you can seeat haziness cong off the potomac river right now but for the most part it's a beautif start to your saturday mornin

news 4's chris gordon twiked some folks over at pep co about getting ready for this heat. >> reporterf you think it's just too darn hot look at this, a road crew layingck blaop in northeast washington. >> the asphalt down on the ground is 200 degrees hotter, depes how hot the heat is underneath the pavent, you've got to stay hydrated. >> reporter: people are trying to beet the heat any way they can. >> it's really hot. i'm just dressing cool today. >> how are you dealing with the heat today? >> we're ing to the movies to keep cool. >> reporter: you know where this is going today. >> an ice cream cone. >> did that help with the heat? >> not necessarily,ut it was delicious. >> reporter: pep co has extr staff on call. it's prepared for this heat wave and hopes to avoid a blackout like the one in new york city on saturday. maryland customers may havec reved this call from pep co. >> friday, july 19th will be a peak savings day for maryland customers. earn a bill credit by reducing your energy use by 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. when demand for energy is ihighest. >> you sign up for our peak sa

chris gordon goes out on the bay to give us aloser look. c >>> there's a new reason to live in souylern mard. >> part of the potomac river is being desi aated as new national marine sanctuary. here's news 4's chris gorton. >> from the air, you can see the sunken ships. visitors and kayaks get a closer look. business is booming. >> a lot of ourourists we have in charles county, they have crazy.illing up like >> it was used as a ferryboat across the chesapeake bay. the ghost fleet is buried below the surface here. le>> the ghost f is important because it's the largest compilation of marine ships. >> artifacts dating back to the civil war,th and earliest native americans who lived herep reting from charles county maryland, chris gordon, news 4. >> probably looks the same today. it's just beautiful. >> we have had such nice weather these days, what's toda f thursday,day? >> friday. >> don't tell me it's thursday, i'm leaving. >> another another sip of your coff coffee. >> i know, we had that really avy rainfall comingdown. that wasn't great. we

chris gordon, news4. >> do you have solar panels?ve >> we ha 135-year-old row house and we put them on in january and it's saving about $125 to$150 a month off of our electric bill. >> is that right? >> they will certainly pay for haul.elves over the long better still, they help your roof last longer because the rain land on the solar panels and not directly on the roof so ood stuff. and it was free with all of the tax credits and stuff like that. >> we know how much energy your hair drye uses to get your hair in working ordervery day. >> looking good is not cheap or easy. >> that's right, chuck. >> hopefly, we have sun today for those panels! >> yes. and the sun also lightens your hair up. be careful as you get older. like ame, your will lighten up a little bit. >> i'm already starting to hear it, buddy y >> aren'tou turning 40 this year? >> stop it! just get to the weather! >> if he is going to be here for e week, we will go ahead and pick on him. aaron is not here for my >>> temperatures way comfortable this morning. 66 here in wa

news 4's chris gordon has more on that. >> reporter: the architect converted his garage out back into we're moving i'm going to turn it into aadu, accessory dwelling unit. >> reporter: now more montgomery county homeowners could be allowed to build a second small home on their property but these owners fear their neighborhoods will be ruined. they presented petitions to the montgomery county council trying to stop a proposed zoning change that's designed to create moreo able housing. >> and you've got a building on the lot that is not specified that it cannot be a trailer. it caot be-- i mean, move into a trailer pack if that's hat i wanted. >> reporter: right now homeowners with an acre of land can get permission to build a small house or convert a detached garage into an accessory dwelling unit, called adus. the montgomery county council is considering allowing adus on a lot as small as 6,000 square feet. that's about is/7 of an acre. >> this isn't just an exception anymore or a waiver to get a special in-law suite. they are claiming we knee all these in-law suites. they are not put

reporting from charles county maryland, chris gordon. news 4. >>> southwest s airliness its fleet of max jets will remain grounded to at least january and that couldean all of us paying more this fall for the busy thanksgiving and holiday travel season. >> nbc's tom costello kes a closer look at this issue. >> reporter: wendy and doreen, good afternoon to you. southwest airlines eally in a pickle here. they simply don't have enough aircraft to handle tir current passenger loads and then if this extends through christmas they problem. real they are constantly shifting planes around to handle record travel loads this bsummer, they have already had toins can a el 20,000 fligectsse the 737 max is grounded and they have more 737 maxes than any other airline, so they are nowg g to discontinue service to newark airport as of early bu novemb here's another hea tine. they sayhey will not plan on having the73 max back inth ir fleet until january 5th of 2020. they are now the first airline to say th are riding it off the entire year. don't think it

chris gordon, news 4. apply asylum restrictions to adults, families and children who cross the border alone. attorney general william barr said the u.s. is a generous country, but he says the country is being completely verwhelmed by the apprehension and s of ssing of hundr thousands of migrants at the border. let's turn now to the forecast. storm team 4 tcking some warmer weather heading our way. amelia draper standing by in the storm center with more. keeping an eye on barryth headi way. >> we can see the emrants from barry impact us on thursday with a chance for showers and thunderstorms, but more so i'm tracking some dangerous heat in the forecast, something that we've not seen since august of 2016. now, currently our temperature is coming in at 90 degrees. beautiful sunshineut there and the humidity levels not that bad today. so hopefully you enjoyed it because they are going up toorrrow and after tw. the humidity is going to be oppressive through the weekend. but for the evening hours we'll find g te

news 4's chris gordon has reaction from parents and admi strators.start of the new schoolyear. you heard right, this is not summer school, these students are being welcomed back after a short summer break. >> good morning, friends. welcome back. how are you today? >> reporter: two montgomery county elementary schools in silver spring, arcolo and roscoe are testing this ex-extended school year pilot program. >> the only bad thing is we couldn't go on family vacation, but it's good to get a hd start against the other kids that haven't started yet. >> good morning, staff and students. >> reporter: school principal is aware that some parents would rather their students not have to attend school in the summer. en as we through the process of planning and sharing with everyone what we would be doing, i thinkatherity of our parents are very happy we decided to move forward. >> that's how you make the number 4. >> reporter: this is a kindergarten class. the school got parental consent allowing us to bring in our camera this is a title i school, which means t

. >> news 4's chris gordon is standing by withe impact on your electric bill, but we begin with amelia draper ithe storm center. amelia, it's sizzling out there today. >> absolutely, pat. in fact, it's still dangerously hot out there. the area remains under an excessive heat warning until 9:00 p.m. tonight, and we have another excessive heat warning already in effect tomorrow for your saturday. tomorrow it will feel hotter outside than today. check it out. here's that current heat iriex t now. just how hot it's feeling, feeling about 104 i washington, 105 in frederick, maryland, and 112 degrees ileesburg right now. here's the latest warning. everybody here in pink is under an excessive heat warning until 9:00 p.m. tonight. for feels-like temperatures until 9:00 p.m., around 100 degrees or hotter. again, we have a heat warning in effect for tomorrow and a heat ay.ch in effect for su for your evening planner, check it out. at 90 degrees right now. it still feels like 105 degrees at 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. the sun is down and still feeling like 100 degrees out there, and by 11:00 p.m. it feel

. >> reporter: reporting from charles county, maryland, chris gordon, news4. >> time your dog walking forecast. great weather for taking the pooch out and getting a few extra miles in.do this is available for adopon at the humane dog rescue alliance and perfect weather to get outside and enjoy it. temperatures in the 50s and 60s to get your tgif nderway. see you in main with your ten-day forecast. >>> first 4 traffic alert. 270 southbound big backups because of a tr >>> right now, the house is in a six-week recess. this is a look at members leaving capitol hill yesterday and as the democrats begin their time away from d.c., the gop is declaring the impeachment movement dead following wednesday's less than dramatic testimony by former special counsel robert mueller. it's been a busy week for congress and, for some, it is not over. >> news4 tracie potts joins us live wom capitol hill withhat is next for them. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what is next? the budget. 2.7 trillion dollars. the deal that president trump worked out with democrats and republicans. the house passed i

part of "news4 today" commitment, chris gordon shows us how the center is designed ts ave money and save lives. >> reporter: solar panels save money for the low income residents who live here at the recently renovated maycroft department building in columbia heights. high tech batteries in the basement can provide power for three days to the community room. it's the district's first resiliey center? an affordable housing development. eain case of blackout, residents can come her to charge phones, monitor news, refrigerate medicine and power life saving devices. >> that currently copd and have machines that allow me to continue to assist me in my eathing situation. >> reporter: without that, it could threaten your life? >> it could be a life and death situation. >> porter: this clean ener initiative is part of the district government's solar for project. >> we have a target to reduce clean house gas emissions by 50% by 2032. >> reporter: the government is committed to2zójñ more affordab efficient hsing and call it environmental justice. >>> will the solar panels be getting a workout today

. >> all right, chris gordon. thank you. turning now to presidential politics and even before they take the stage, this matchup is getting an awful lot of attention. joe biden and mala harris side by side for night two o the second democratic debate, but we could see more fireworks with other candidatesll potentiay challenging the av.p. current front runner in the polls. nbc's jay gray joinis us live from detroit. >> reporter: by most accounts joe biden had a rough first debate. this time around he won't be as polite. that seems to be the strategy foresall the candidat here, trying to gain some separation on what ia very crowded field. second of all, second of all -- >> you don't know that. >> i do know that. i wrote the damn bill. >> that is as disastrous as -- you might as well fedex it to donald trump. >> laborling them extreme. >> free everything and impossible promises that will turn off independent voters. >> the progressive senator. >> i get a little bit tired of democrats asaphr of big ideas. >> you know, i don't und

chris gordon, news 4. >>> all time highest temperature inparis today, of 105 degrees, can you see here how some people have been cooling offoy ing to the fountains, this is europ's second major heat wave. france registed 114 degrees. >> this heat wavha ant t idea, london hit a similar temperature yesterday and today, of about 105 degrees. their average high, 74 d so it's not like our average high that's close to , we're maybe 10 degrees above normal. they are running a good 30 degrees above normal. and over the weekend, all of that heat is heading toward scandinavia and the arctic. where it could help melt some of the ice up there. just not great news. temperature trend in our area is quite comfortable today. really nice temperature trend here, next week, though, i am looking at the potential for another heat wave, we define it as three consecutive days hitting 90 or higher. right now it's refreshing out there. 79 ink, frederic 82 in quantico. basically upper 70s to low 80s everywhere. bacaround the corridor, we're in the low 70s, i mentioned that isolated shower chance here i thi it's

he remains in serious kchbl chris gordon is going to be working that story. coming up shortly, the driver of the gold suv was shot after a fender bender with another car. >> today we're hearing from his cousin who saw the entire thing unfold. >> reporter: well, the driver who was shot here in the third street tunnel yesterday evening has life-threajuning ines. now, i spoke with his co-worker, a friend of his, who was the passen igevehicle, and he says they tapped -- t used word tapped the car in frontof them, leading to an argument that turned violent. this man says he was riding wi the driver who was shot. they were in ar bn -- brown pathfinder. the driver jumped out, lunged at the driver like she intended to strike him. >>nd then the passenger got out and i thought he was going to get her out of the way and tell her to calm down and before i know it, i heard the pow. >> the man fired the shot. >> fv@2yep. >> then what happend? >> they jumped back insidee th car and left.he >> reporter:itness tells us this detail as he previously shared with atinvests. >> i

news4's chris gordon has reaction from parents and administrators. >> reporter: school buses arrive fortart of the new school year. you heard right. this is not summer school. these students are being welcomed back after a short summer break. >> good morning, friends, welcome back. >> reporter: two montgomery county elementary schools in silver spring are testing this extended school year pilot program. what do you think of the school starting in july? >> it's great. saves us a lot of money, instead of putting them in daycare. it's wonderfuly >> the onl bad thing is we couldn't go on family vacation. it's good to get a head start o started yesterday. >> reporter: the principal is ware that some parents would summer. >> as we went through the are happy we forward. >> th 's how you makeporter: th kindergarten class.scol got p allowing us to bring in our mera. this a title one ans there is a families. the exte performance in literacy mathematics. >> they ne a ndstanding for all of survey parents and teachers here to determil year should be idu cnews4. >> as break, there is a warningparent.

news4 chris gordon goes out temperatures 2 degrees warmer than average and still having 3 1/2-inch almost rainfall surplus for the month. temperature clear skies have fallen into the 50s for some lucky spots. montgomery county to 60 at the airport. i hope you're enjoying your friday morning. visibility not an issue around town. some of the shelter rural areas a patch of fog and montgomery county as well but it won't last long. sun comes up at 6:04. all sunshine today with temperatures in the mid to 80s and close to 90. very low rain chances the next coupled. future weather,a no orgnized rain chances any way. nothing but a little pop-up shower or two. future weather here tries to generate one or two quick drops there between 3:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. drying out again by 8:00 or 9:00 so your sidewalk cafe dining plans tonight not likely to be interrupt by rainfall. saturday, another clear start tomorrow morning. just another small chance for a stray shower to little higher chances tomorrow along into the west of the blue ridge up into the mouains of west irginia. by and large, i think m

want to check changes planned for georges and montgome you can go to our nb app and search "spee chris gordon, news 4 >>> all right. >> we've got a dodgers game today. 4:05. today slt perfect day to get outside and see the dodgers and the nats. >> did you get tickets? >> not yet, but i'm going to. >> we'll hang out. if you're downth there at nats game, come say hi to meagan and i. >> yes, ease. >> we're looking good for the game. >> is the humidity free? >> touches of it. you'll feel it here and there roughout the day. nothing crazy. it's going to be nice as we coinue through the day. ho, temperatures around 90. >> no humidity, we're good. >>> we will have that temperature right around 90 so it is going to be warm out hoere. we'll s you what the look is outside right now. a little hazy out there in some spots and patchy fogs in some spots as well. not too bad shaping up on thisa saturdmorning. it's mild. humidity is no it's not going tt face like a ton of icks but still hot out there today. we start the heat wave today. yesterday -- i guess yesterday, temperatures were in the 90s yesterday. d

. >> big time and the electric grid is working overtime to keep working.ngs chris gordon live in montgomery county with tips to stay cool and save money. hey, chris. high, leon and door even. pepco crews are on high alert. the extreme heat this week has caused our energy consumption to spike 13% as compared t to daily average at this time of year. come on inside. i have some energy-saving tips and money saving tips for you to keep your house cool. pepco says make sure your blinds are down so direct sunlight doesn't come in. as far as lamps, you should be unplugging them and any charging devices as well. and a lot of people ask, well, howhould iet my thermostat? pepco says set it at 78 degrees. >> pepco is prepared tohe face t heat. here at the benning surface center they have repair trucks on the ready. this is their storm room, staffed with a tm monitoring the weather. pepco prepares year round. to avoid a blkout like the one in new york city last weekend. >> when we have a lot of consumption of electricity, we want to experience those power outages that we obviously want to avoid, because

. >> this is chris gordon live in montgomery county. we're having a heat wave. ahead tips on how to be comfortable in your home and still save some money on youric elec bill. ma plus, marking 50 years since nasa put a on the moon. coming up, the maryland man who helped bring the lunar landing to an audience here on eah,h. >> o snow stick, it's the worst time of year. no winter, no snow, nothing to measure, just the dog days of summer. what are we going to do now? seriously. i'm looking for some ideas here. idea.e's send us a picture or video of your pet doing its best trick. you could be featured on news 4 and maybe even get a visit from pat himself. >> hey, wanna play fetch. dogs love >>> all right. we just learned the roller coaster that became stuck yesterday at six flags america is back up and running. six flagsells us it was thoroughly inspected before the park opened today. yesterday crews had to work etty quickly to get those people off the ride after it malfunctioned coming to a controlled stop. firebird coaster riders were up there for about two hours i

. >> chris gordon, news4. w >>> ande're working forwi you fourp tips to keeyou safe when you're using the dating apps. donw apps like fantinueder use your your ceokap p untiphlot osyou meet ym real life to avoid giving them e your numr. >>> set up a google voice phone number just for dating and a in, so you're not giving out yo real phone number. ndways arrange your own transportation a avoid letting someone know exactly where you live. >>> we have morefe saty tips in our nbc washington app. search safe online dating. >>> d.c. taxpayers may end up footing the bill for president trump's fourth of july celebration. we discovered the cost is $1 .77 million. but that money drained the fund that helps pay for extra security and ps to prevent emergencies like terror tacks. news4's mark segraves is live at the national mall to explain what the mayor's office is saying about it. >> yeah. gopad evening, it's a lot more than just the $1.7 million that mayor bows certificate complaining about. the total cost, $13 million

news 4's chris gordon has more on the tiny house turmoil. >> this garage has been converted into an office>> now i'm going to turn it into a cond dwelling unit. >> reporter: he showed me secondary dwelling unit or other sdus in properties in brookville he helped design. >> this is now an sdu. >> reporter: this group of residents petitioned the county council trying to stop a zoning amendment that would allow more second small houses. >> first and foremost at this point is the way tat the county council is shoving this down residents' throats: >> reporterght now homeowners with an acre or more can build a second residence or convert abuilding to an adu, but the montgomery county council is propose allowing adus on property that's 6,000 square feet. that's about is/7 1/7 of an acr >> it could be a boxcar or a slab of concrete in someone's backyard. now that is going to aect the neighborhood. >> reporter: these homeowners say it will cause croverding and overwhelm traffic, parking, water, sewer and schools, but countyouncil member hans reimer who sponsors the bill to create more affordable ho

chris gordon,news4. >>> the testimony you'ring about to give is true and correct. >> it's not a witch hunt. >> he did not reach a determination as to whether the president committed a rice. >> president trump direct theed white house counsel don mcgahn to fire you, isn't that correct? >> true. >> i agree with the chairman this morning when he said donald trump is not above the law. he's not. but he damn sure shouldn't be below the law. which iswhere volume two of this report puts >> did you interview him? >>. western intelligence or russian intelligence? >> i can't get into that. >> a lot of things you can't get into. my career e course of we've seen a number of challenges tur democracy. russia's interference in our election is the most serious. >> it's the last point that mueller says should be a concern to all americans. mu t more needsbe done to prevent future intrusion by russia in our elections. >> today's back-to-back hearings often devolved into lawmakers trying to one-up each other. >> there's a chancehat the hours of questions did very little to change people's minds about th

chris gordon uncovers the scoring of the ghost fleet. ships that are partially submerged in the chesapeake bay off of charles county. how ol is that? we'll see you with those stories coming up in just a few minutes on "news 4 at 5:00."ny does ady feel like a potted palm, you know, after doug strengthed around in a bathing suit? you feel like chopped liver? aim the only one? see you in a bit. >> we're swimming at 5:00, you >> we're swimming at 5:00, you and me. i switched from dodge. we switched from ford. i switched from ram. ed to chevy. we switched to chevy. we switched to chevy. for dependability. for technology. for the muscle. and just look at it. adios, lexus. bye, bye, ford. we switched to chevy. and i couldn't be happier. see for yourself why people are switching at the chevy all-star open house. or add another chevy toour driveway. current gm owners can get over $5,100 below msrp on this equinox. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >>> if you are like us then you're loving this break from the community. sadly it's in the

local immigration advocates tell news s chris gordon they are gearing up fora fight. >> there's a crisis at the u.s.-mexico border, fleeing their home countries in numbers too great to imagine and now th trministration announces a new rule restricting asylum but casa, the imgrapgs advocacy group, says the rule has one goal. >> to intimidate and scare. >> the new rule says that asylum seekers who pass through another country on their way here should apply for asylum in that countr because they will be ineligible for asylum here in the united states. >> for the government to just l, say, wel you had to cross other boarders to get here. you had to cross mexico and guatela, you should have asked for asylum there, ridiculous, and it's completely illegal. >> the american civil liberties union says the trump administration is trying to uniterally reverse our country's legal and moral commitment to protect those fleeing danger. this new rule is patently unlawful and we will sue swiftly. but others support president trump's effort to restrict freddy burgos is with the reublican national hispanic

. >> news 4's chris gordon has more on where theit new lim are and when they go into effect. >> reeirter: motorists are b warned that the speed on bradley boulevard will be reduced to 25 miles an hour between wisconsin avenue andgoldsboro starting next friday. >> we're looking at speed limits, especially in high pedestrian traff areasto see if we can lower the speed limits to enhance the safety for the pedestrians. >> reporter: montgomery county police report this year there have been 14 fatal crashes, six resulted in pedestrian deaths. >> i had two boys and i cannot tell you how much times almost get hit by a car because the speed limit. people go too fast. they need to slow down. >> reporter: a new 25-mile-an-hour speed limit is posted on wilson lane, and the speed is reduced to 35 on this part of river road whe three members of a family were killed in 2016 when their car was hit crossing to whitman high school by a iver going more than 100 miles an hour. the state highway administration also plans to slow traffic in prince george's county. the speed limit wll be reduced from 35 to0 on

reporting from silver spring, chris gordon, news 4. >>> still ahead is your fancy smart watch listeningsteps that apple is taking after some people complained their wrist was eavesdropping. >>> and i'm tracking the very heavy rain across our area and a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning for prince george's county, calvert county, orge. a nice bow echo to it. let me ow you some of the towns associated. all under theve s thunderstorm warning until 7:30. much more on this in just a minute. >>> your apple watch could be eavesdpping on you. did you know that? well, now the company says it's disabling the feature that is causing the problem. apple says a bu in the walkie-talkie feature could allow people to use the watch to listen to conversations through another person's iphone. walkie-talkie has only be around since last september. app says the feature will remain disabled until it can fix that bug. >>> less than a week after metra startedutomatic door operations on the red line, it is suspending it indefinitely. our news partners at "w"top reporting the doors were opening ut perly at mo