as they get going here in clarksburg, the new superintendent is getting going. jack smith will be riding one of these school buses to the different schools today and

we're live in clarksburg.k to you. >>> school bells also ringing in prince william county, virginia's second largest school district is getting a jump on the year ahead of labor day. >> david culver is there live for us th he's got more on how many new faces are in the district this year. david. >> reporter: hey there, aaron and angie. usually you feel bad for kids having to wrap up summer break and start school anew except for students starting here at this new facility. this is a center for fine and performing arts. we're in the auditorium. this is one of many beautiful facilities as you will see if you walk in this building. behind hangar doors like this one, they have added more capacity for more seating and they are part of the lecture halls. follow me real quick. you can see access on this end as well. you mentioned new students. about 1,000 new students coming into prince william county this year. they have got 800 new teachers as well. having any facilities, that's become necessary here as it is growin

we did have a crash on 270 northbound near clarksburg. that is gone. but the backup you see near father hurley boulevard, you are seeing the volume continuing north. heavier than what we're used to. traveling across if capital beltway. start out in 20's. slower right approaching earlier accident near route 4. there is a good idea of the volume we have. this continues closer to connecticut av

as you can see, it's pretty busy here this morning at the clarksburg depot. these buses go out on their routes. joining me is superintendent of montgomery county schools, jack smith. thank you for joining us. this is the second year of growth for this system. what sort of challenges does it present? >> we're going to welcome back 2,500 more students than we ended with. we have a best and good learning environment and materials for every single student. >> any goals in terms of performance or things like that you are looking at this year? >> absolutely. montgomery county has a long many, many students. we want to maintain and keep that and we also want to make sure that for those students who are not learning as much as they need to and struggling that we absolutely raise that level of learning for every single student so that all means all. >> and finally, and importantly, it's all what we're about here. these buses, you want to make people aware they are going to be out on the roads and there's a lot of things motorists need to look out for. >> absolutely. a

also pleasant 20 clarksburg road and knowledge of this volume and clarksburg to spur we're at speed and volume is light. let's move from cameras and show you maps. we have strong inbound sutland parkway approaching sterling and that could cause slow downs and increased volume to south capital a side from that a street closure in rhode island outbound 10 street. we'll look at metro and see if surge track 8 next. >> and the justice department opens an investigation to how police interact with mentally ill. >> and metro officers riders advice to help them save money. >> and today's look at stock fult turz. temperature 78. we're back in a moment. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things fferently. 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. <

as they get going here in clarksburg, the new superintendent is getting going.k smith will be riding one of these school buses to the different schools today and we've got a lot of ground to cover with him today. the first question we asked him, how excited is he to have his first back to school in montgomery county? : i'mintendent smith excited, but also nervous. that's a lot of kids to keep safe. but helping them learn, keeping them safe, that's our job. him: we will be talking to about different things this morning, including some of the new stuff. seen the buses? there have been major technology upgrades on them. cameras on the stop signs. last year 17 students were hit by cars. we are also going to talk to the superintendent about no final exams any longer. we will tell you all about it, coming up on "good morning washington." over to prince william county, where the kids are getting going there this morning as well. suzanne kennedy? you,ne: good morning to johnny. they are going to have the kids rolling into school in about 45 minutes here. one of the real

moving off to the east, northeast, 28-30 miles per hour, towards clarksburg, 5:49.dy spring 6:13. aldie 6:09. strong to severe storms tonight. the severe threat is really waning now. heat index tomorrow, either side of 100 degrees. the highs on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday, either side of 90, pretty good, will be a slight chance of a thunderstorm each day. getting in to next week, real relief, temperatures fall in the 80s next week. 10:00 tonight, speaking of 80s, 87 downtown. 82 in gaithersburg. 85 silver spring. 84 buoy. by morning, generally partly cloudy, still 80 downtown, 75 city and wood bring. 9:00 in the 80s. lunchtime back in the 90s. these numbers are low, future cast running 2 or 3 degrees lower than the actual high temperatures. we see showers beginning to pop out to the west, hagerstown, martinsburg and west, the very weak cold front drifts through tomorrow, more showers and storms possible. by that time tomorrow, temperatures will be in the 80s to 90s. storms possible until 9 or 10:00 tomorrow until the front passes to our south. some of thos

this is towards clarksburg but dying off. some rain there.this is severe around south of leesburg and we're seeing wind and lightning associated with this storm. a lot of very intense lightning and intense rain. this is through the loudoun county area but we expect it to weaken as well. severe thunderstorm watch for d.c. through 11:00. i think it will be canceled by 11:00, for the most part. we'll talk much more about that and the heat. the current heat index is 107. i'll show you when we get a break from the heat and the storms. >> thanks, doug. open the nbc washington app on your smartphone to see the radar and to get forecasts for your neighborhood. >>> now at 5:00, the announcement shaking up the district and people all over the country who watch the nation's police chief cathy lanier is retiring after nearly a decade as top cop. mark segraves, live at police headquarters, what is next for chief lanier and the department? >> reporter: the chief isn't even 50 years old but, yes, she's retiring. she joked saying her biggest challenge over t

clarksburg, light to occasional moderate rain. it's going to be out of gas by the time it gets there. strong to severe storms ending tonight. looks like the watch will be canceled. heat index tomorrow, either side of 100. improvement, not much, good news, highs around 90, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday, afternoon storm possible each of those days. future cast tonight, 10:00, no real worries but hot. 87 downtown, 82 in fairfax and 84 in stilling. by morn -- sterling, by morning 79 fairfax and 77 in buoy. get ready, we will be in the 90s by lunchtime again. 88 by 11:00. 91 by 1:00 p.m. temperatures are going in the right direction, 89 on thursday. we spike back to 92 on friday. we have the game, burgundy and gold in town game. 90 saturday. 89 on sunday. 87 on monday. finally no storms and 84 on tuesday. >>> plenty more excitement for team u.s.a., more medals coming for team u.s.a. often date on the path of the local -- an update on the path of the local olympians as well. companies must adapt.changing environment, but one thi

if you are traveling i-70, up 270, clarksburg, ar ar banna.s is moving towards mount airy at 6:34. south and west, these are beginning to build a little bit, front royal 55, to the southwest of uppersville, this is going to move, these are moving northeast, so headed towards uppersville at 6:36 on the storm tracker. it's going to stay together and go all the way to leaseburg by the time we get to 7:30, quarter of 8:00 tonight. yellow weather alert for the possibility of the storms producing flash flooding. a flash flood watch, covers the metro area, immediate metro until 3:00 a.m. watch to the west it's been trim med a little bit. by 9:00, this are the storms. leaseburg, back to fairfax, manassas and culpepper. the deeper red is heavy rainfall and hail. putting this in to motion, by 10:00, crossing over 95. bad they are going to be heavy. they are moving, that's the key. by 10:00, out of the went suburbs across the beltway in to prescription georges county. by 11:00, moving up towards baltimore, temperatures still in the 70s. we are conditione

let's look outside where 270 is picking up volume and looking nice clarksburg road to middle broo brookl let you know what that changes. beltway quiet. a look at 66 next. >> coming up. international relief workers demand sees fire in syria. >> and legislative leaders in maryland ask for a more transparent selection pros whes it comes to handing out medical marijuana licenses. >> and before we head to break a look at today's stock features and listening to kendrick lamar rhyme on taylor swift song bad blood♪ tly. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. >> straight ahead on "fox5 news morning" president

in clarksburg, wusa9 drivers caught on camera passing stopped school buses will be fined $125. if a police officer stops you, the fine increases to $570 and loss of points on your license. >>> summer may be over for those students but summer weather is not. allyson rae has a look forecast. >> it is a hot one. the weekend was hot but it was not too humid. it felt pretty nice. today has typical august weather. 87 degrees but it feels like 91. the dew point is on its way up compared to how it was over the weekend. we are heating up with the humidity and temperature. 86 right now for leesburg. 84 for manassas. as far as our comfort level is, we are here in the upper 60s, the uncomfortable range. the silver lining is we are not in of the miserable category that we were more comfortable over the weekend. is ready for humid weather this weekend. we will be into the upper 90s in the feels like temperature. changes are coming in a big way for the start of september. lot of our labor day weekend plans will have to do with the path of tropical depression nine. we will get you up to date o

"fox5" bob barnard was up early and >>> it's just after dawn and bus brigade is leaving clark clarksburg depot. this first day of classes for 159,000 montgomery coupe public school children. increase of nearly 3,000 students over last year to handle them there are ten more buses and more bus drivers and more teachers as well. >> yes, we'll have hired about 1200 teachers by today which is about 80 % more than last year in terms of number of new hires and we're very fortunates is good school system and a lot of people apply to work here and there are areas of short am that we need to pay attention to and that tack and remain those teachers. >> growing number of montgomery county school buses are armed with side mounted cameras aimed at catching drivers that zoom past school buses and stop to pick up or drop off students. >> eventually we're working with new vendor now and all buses will have enforcement cameras and people say we're out to get money. we're not out to get money we' >> in prince william county it's first day of school ever here at the new charles j. cogin high school in manna

germantown and also to the northwest of leesburg, and they are generally moving off to the east, so clarksburg, you could see the storm about 11:29, and damascus by 11:38. the heat indexes tomorrow, 98 to 102, and that's better, all right. not dangerously hot now, wednesday through sunday, and isolated storms are possible each day, and tomorrow, in fact, probably scattered storms, and some of those any of the storms that develop, could be heavy and severe. real relief next week, and 80s will return next week. that's great. 6:00a.m. tomorrow morning, 74 in gaithersburg, and 75 in sterling, and by 9:30, 80, 84 downtown, and 82 already in fairfax, and. by 1:00, we are mainly back in the low 90s to upper 80s, and i think the numbers are low and still dry. then through the afternoon a very weak cold front. that's in quotation marks. it's rolling south of us. it will trigger showers and storms. a few could be heavy or severe, and we will monitor for a possible yellow weather alert upgrade tomorrow. look at the 80 to start. 88 by eleven o'clock, and 92 by 1:00 p.m. the next three days, thursday, 9, a

scott: 59-year-old clarksburg re introduced to the sport in the late 1970's. >> i always admired athletes strong, looked cut, ripped. scott: linda jo has become one of the most decorated female power lifters in the world. >> every day i'm in the the gym. i train hard. i set goals. scott: on the doorstep of 60 years old, linda jo still has the fire burning inside. four days a week she comes here to the istep gym in rockville to train. even though she is the proud owner of 15 world championships and two-time national hall of famer. l.j. isn't slowing down anytime soon. >> last year we had our first 80-year-old female compete at masters nationals. i said i want to make it to 85. because i want to be the oldest one. >> pushing through the aches and pains. >> i think keeps me going >>> every time i get into a few age group i break more records. scott: reaching for the feeling -- >> yes! scott: -- of accomplishment. erin: i love her and i have no doubt she will make it when she is 85. incredible story. she is strong! i like power lifting but she takes it to another level. good for her. jonathan

we did have a crash on 270 northbound near clarksburg. that is gone. but the backup you see near father hurley boulevard, you are seeing the volume continuing north. heavier than what we're used to. traveling across if capital beltway. start out in 20's. slower right approaching earlier accident near route 4. there is a good idea of the volume we have. this continues closer to connecticut av >>> for fisher coaching the washington football team is a labor of l >> she led them to the second straight championship weeks ago. >> never been done. back to back championship. >> it had the players flipping. >> when you win back-to-back championships you have to do back flips. erin: the relatively reserved coach showing off her moves again. >> a couple players want me to do a dance. i told them if we won the national championship i'd do what they wanted. they said okay. if we win you do the whip and the naynay. 2015 i did that. but year i had to do the running man challenge. erin: congratulations to alison fisher of the d.c. divas. back-to-back champion and the

. >> it's just after dawn and the bus brigade is leaving clarksburg depot and this the first day of classes for 1 5 59,000 for montgomery county public school children and increase of nearly 3,000 over last year and ten more buses and more teaches as well and we're very fortunate it's a good system and a lot of people applied for work here and there's areas of shortage to pay attention to and track and retain teachers. >> growing number of montgomery country school buses armed with side mounted cameras aimed at catching drivers who zoom past school buses stopped to pick up or drop off student students. >> eventually we're working with new vendor now and all buses will have enforcement cameras and people say we're out to get money. we're not out to get money we're out to keep kids safe. >> prince william county it's first day of school ever at the charles j. cogin high school in mastracchio and no seen or class here fresh men, sophomores and juniors wandering hall ways for the first time and they'll have access to this state of the art swimming pool first for any community in prince william

that is the reason why. 270 is seeing it heavy right now through clarksburg. back to you. alison: thank you. look at this. this is wild out of colorado. this is what is called a fire whirl. firefighter near the colorado border. it happens when the hot dry air down to the close to ground rises rapidly. and it forms that vortex. isn't that incredible? jonathan: wow! they say with big forest fires they generate and create their own weather pattern. it could be 70 degrees and a few miles down the road in a fire creates its own weather pattern. michelle: how often do you see something like that? doug: it's kind of unusual. it's seen before but it depends on the type of fire and the season and the temperatures that go you higher. on a dry hot day like that, streaks rice up. jonathan: makes for a good picture. doug: absolutely! last night the lightning show was unbelievable. and the thunder. today we have a few storms out there. nothing severe at the moment. let's start with a time lapse. show you what we have. this is from cedar grove elementary school in georgetown. in the dist

we're live here in clarksburg. derrick ward, back to you. >> derrick, thank you. about 78,000 kids will pour into loudon county public schools when the doors open later this morning. that's about 3,000 more students than last year. the superintendent, eric williams, tells us while veteran courtrooms this year, he's also bringing on 700 new teachers. >> that's a lot of work. we hard work hard on that, we've attended more than 25 recruitment events outside of the district. >> dr. williams says he has a hiring advantage over some other school districts because loudon county has the highest starting salary for teachers in northern virginia. >>> well, today, it is also back to school for kids in virginia's second largest school district, prince william county welcomes back 88,000 students and among them 19,000 second language lerner's. now, to help those students and their families, there's a new website that's close to 100 translations of school documents. david culver has a look at the need to get new teachers in the classroom. that's coming up later in the news cast

we caught up to students heading to class in clarksburg. montgomery county absorbs an average of 3000 new students a year and kids headed to class today admitted to having first- day jitters. >> i am a little nervous but i mostly excited to start new classes. >> new school so yes we're going to have fun. phil collins wake up this morning? >> very easy. we made cinnamon rolls and it always makes it easier.>> reporter: a word of warning for drivers who speed by buses. in the next two wakes 100 buses will have exterior cameras and they will catch you. the school superintendent hopes to have cameras on all the 1200 county buses within the next three years. >>> tracking the tropics and tonight keeping an eye on disturbances out there. speaking shutt in the weather center with details. >> disturbed in a good way. a busy satellite. this is hurricane gaston which is still a category 2 check and moving off to the east and north. tropical depression eight off the carolina coast and just now put out tropical storm warning's for the outer banks a tropi

northbound 121 in clarksburg. back to you. jonathan: thank you. the all-important weekend weather.e are here finally. alison: we are dead toy hear about -- ready to hear about it. doug: starting out with a fine note. the conditions above laurel, maryland. winds out of the northwest at 4 miles per hour. no threat of rain in the metro area. if you have outdoor dining plans it will be fine. upper 80's for a while. falling in the mid-80's. a comfortably warm evening. as far as rain, we have been tracking the showers and the downpours that pop up in the mountains. they continue that way. they ju as they travel with the winds from the northwest to the southeast. i don't think they make it past 81. certainly not past the blue ridge. we keep an eye on if immediate metro area but the favorable conditions are more favorable in the higher terrain when showers and the storms pop up. enjoy the night. tomorrow morning we will be partly cloudy. we enjoy sunshine throughout the day. temperatures back to 90, 92 in some spots. again we worry about the outdoor activities and the timing of the rain. i

we have moisture to the south and east of bristol proving into georgetown and to the south of clarksburg. moderate pockets of rain. another cluster close to the philadelphia area. if you're north of the city along i-76 and to the west of that region in between malvern and also riverside, we are dealing with those showers. that will continue through the early evening hours. so the excessive heat warning continues. it's up for the entire region both saturday and sunday and when you take a look at how hot it feels this really tells the story. the max heat index expected in philadelphia close to 110. 105 to 109 in our suburbs not to the north and west. 100 to 105 at the immediate coastlinely we'll take a closer look at the forecast let you know how long this heat is sticking around and when that relief is come brianing with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> not soon enough. melissa thank up. >>> brutal temperatures have people everywhere looking for ways to stay cool. the philadelphia corporation or aging has its heat line up and running today. if you have questions or concerns

next caller is from clarksburg, west virginia on the democratic line, go ahead.r: good morning. host: good morning to you. caller: about 80% of my friends have -- i have blocked or deleted from facebook. that's how bad it is here in west virginia. friends, they are good people, hard-working people in west virginia and they are not poorly educated. i don't understand what they support donald trump. withnly ones i get along who can talk politics which is my immediate family. other than that, wow. this whole state things donald trump will bring mining back and make everything great. those days are over. host: do you think social media has contributed to some of the more dramatic rhetoric that we have heard lately? facebookink being on changes the way people talk to each other about politics? caller: yes, i do. it does not help the donald trump is on twitter all the time. every time someone says the least little thing, he's on there. yeah, it's definitely changed. host: that's. jimmy from clarksburg, west virginia in "the new york times ," there was an article about

frank from clarksburg, west virginia, independent line, hi there. caller: how are you doing today?ost: you are on. go ahead. caller: yes, sir. are you a friend of coal? is the first question. number two, west virginia is one of the largest coal producers in the world. having said that, if coal is the answer to west virginia's problems, west virginia -- we are the second poorest state in the united states. as far as good paying jobs go, it is good paying for the companies that run it. that is the only friends of coal. you have to put training in here for other substantial jobs. coal, even if you're using it to export and sending it overseas so other countries can us it for power, we should be setting an example, and we are not. guest: let me see if i can answer that. i think most people would agree that it is always good to have a diversified economy. it has certainly been a real challenge in areas that are entirely dependent on one or a small number of industries. it is probably a good thing as you say to have diversity of different businesses and industries that support a local ec

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host: it is in clarksburg, west virginia. here.: i was in the flood stream andng a small i had flooding insurance. had. the only one that it came up through their. live with a to checkout for $5,000. and -- theymy house said, do you have flood insurance? and i said yes. they closed the book. the gentleman that just called his right. flood insurance is expensive especially for someone like the income me and my wife have. i waited for five weeks before somebody from flood insurance even came out there. when they did, the guy went around with a pencil and came up with a $6,407 damage to my house. it then -- they would give everybody on that road with me $5,000 checks. i've got no check. flood insurance i ended up with 400-7000 -- fourth -- $4704. because they depreciated 1600 of it off. part, flood insurance is a -- is a farce. they don't tell you about the depreciation or replacement. host: thanks for talking about that. chris, is that right? guest: it is hard to comment without knowing the specifics. initially fema comes out a